Herbarium JCB

Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.

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 regia Boj. ex Hook.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.
Common name : Red Gulmohar, Gulmohar, Flamboyant Flame Tree, Royal poinciana, Gul Mohur, Flamboyant tree, Flame tree, Peacock Flower
Vernacular name : Gulmohar (Hindi); Kempu Torai (Kannada); Mayilkonrai, Peda narayan (Tamil); Simasankesula, Erra Sunkesula (Telugu); Gulmohr (Oria); Alasippoomaram, Anasippoomaram, Poomaram (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Planted along roads and avenues
Key identification features : Medium-sized deciduous tree with a spreading crown. Bole is buttressed. Leaves are pinnately compound. Bark is light brown and relatively smooth forming buttress at the base. Flowers are deep-red to orange-red and showy. Fruit is a long pod, flat, green when young turning black upon maturity
Flower, Fruit : April-June
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Planted
- Karnataka : Planted
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Planted
Native : Madagascar
World Distribution : Tropics of the World
Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; 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; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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 regia. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.