Taxon:
Delonix regia (Bojer) Raf.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. tellur. 2:92. 1837
Verified:
06/17/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Du Puy, D. J. et al. 1995. A revision of Phylloxylon (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Indigofereae). Kew Bull. 50:466.
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Delonix+regia&quantity=1
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: cult.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
- Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2):151.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. Note: cult.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: cult.
- National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_61.html
- Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. Note: cult.
Common names
English
flamboyant – flame-of-the-forest – flametree – peacock-flower – royal poinciana – Portuguese (Brazil)
flamboiã – Spanish
árbol de fuego – flamboyán –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | n. & w. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar (n. & w.)
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage |
Environmental | ornamental | | Du Puy, D. J. et al. 1995. A revision of Phylloxylon (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Indigofereae). Kew Bull. 50:466. |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_61.html |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |