- Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Fabaceae
- Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
- Basionym : Poinciana pulcherrima L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagara district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Raigad district, Thane district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (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
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 175
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Caesalpinia pulcherrima
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Downloaded on 5 February 2026.
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