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Delonix elata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Delonix elata (L.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 396(280). 1919.
Poinciana elata L., Cent. Pl. 2: 16. 1756; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 260. 1878.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Creamy Peacock Flower
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Description:
An erect tree, 6-10 m tall, bark ash-coloured. Leaves 6-20 cm long, bipinnately compound, pinnae 4-8 pairs, 4-6 cm long, leaflets l0-20 pairs, sessile or subsessile, linear- oblong, obtuse, sometimes slightly mucronate, narrowed towards the base, 7-15 mm long, c. 2-3 mm wide. Inflorescence terminal raceme, the lower flower with the longest pedicel, pedicel hairy, up to 2.5 (-3) cm long. Calyx 2-3 cm long, fused at the base, leathery, silky pubescent, oblong, narrow and sharp pointed. Corolla white in the beginning, turning yellow, the upper petal is smaller and darker in colour; sub-orbicular, curled at the margins, c. 2.5 cm long. Stamens hairy, dark coloured, 5-10 cm long, thickened at the base. Pods 12.5-20 cm long, c. 6-25 mm broad, smooth, narrow at both the ends. Seeds 4-8.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-August
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Native of Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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