Herbarium JCB

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Basionym : Poinciana pulcherrima L.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Common name : Dwarf poinciana, Peacock flower, Barbados pride, Peacock Cassia, Peacock flower, Barbados flower-fence, Gold Mohur
Vernacular name : Gulutora, Guletura (Hindi); Rathna gandhi, Meese hoovu (Kannada); Mayil konnay (Tamil); Paniditangedu, Ratna gandhi, Karpuramaddi (Telugu); Chethimandaram, Chettimandaram, Mayilkonna, Thechimandaram, Rajamalli, Settimandaram (Malayalam)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Grown as ornamental plant
Comments / notes : Cultivated in gardens and also planted along road sides, occasionally runs wild
Key identification features : Flowers orange or yellow on elongate lax racemes
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
Native : Tropical America
World Distribution : Widely Cultivated
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.