In homesteads as an ornamental plant Apart from its high ornamental value, the plant is useful in the treatment of fever, jaundice, kidney disease and gastrointestinal disorders.
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Apart from its high ornamental value, the plant is useful in the treatment of fever, jaundice, kidney disease and gastrointestinal disorders.
family
Fabaceae
synonym
Poinciana pulcherrima L.
description
Shrubs to 5 m tall, branches many. Leaves bipinnate; rachis 20-30 cm long; pinnae 4-8 pairs; leaflets 6-8 pairs × on each pinna, 1-2 0.5-1.2 cm, elliptic to obovate, base cuneate, apex rounded or emarginate; stipules, ca. 2 mm long, subulate, caducous. Flowers in terminal corymbose racemes, 20-50 cm long; pedicles 3-7 cm long. Calyx 1-1.5 cm long, outer lobe cucullate, enclosing the flower bud. Petals 1.5-2.5 cm long, subequal, commonly flame-red but sometimes yellow. Stamens 10; filaments reddish, 0.5 cm long, × exserted. Pods 6-12 1.5-2 cm, obliquely oblong, compressed, short-stipitate, beaked × at apex, 8-10-seeded. Seeds 8-10 6-8 mm, obovate, compressed, black. (L.) Sw.
native range
Probably West Indies and Mexico
distribution
Widely cultivated
english names
Dwarf Poinciana · Barbados pride · Peacock flower · Gold mohur an