- 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 IPNI) : 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
- Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
- Collection Date : 01/10/1970
- Collection Nos : KFP 275
- Collection Locality : St. Philomena's college, Mysuru
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Karnataka
- Kerala : Palakkad district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district,Cuddalore district
- Jharkhand :
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre
- 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.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Delonix elata. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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