Herbarium JCB

Delonix elata (L.) Gamble

Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Delonix elata (L.) Gamble
Common name : White Gulmohar, Yellow Gul Mohr, Creamy Peacock Flower
Vernacular name : Samrsro, Sanesro, Sandeshra (Hindi); Bili gulmohar, Kempukenjiga, Nirangi, Vatanarayana, Vayunarayani (Kannada); Vedanarayanan, Vatha mudakki, Vaaracchi (Tamil); Vathanarayana, Sunkesula, Chitti-kesar (Telugu); Padenarayan (Tamil)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Planted along roads and avenues.
Comments / notes : In plains to 1000m. Leaf is edible and used for constipation in small quantities.
Flower, Fruit : December-August
Distribution :
- Kerala : Palakkad district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district,Cuddalore district
Native : Africa
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Egypt, Arabia to India
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; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; 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=Delonix elata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.