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Delonix regia
Also called Flamboyant, Flame Tree, Gold Mohar, Flame Of The Forest, Flamboyan, Flamboyant Tree, July Tree
In Singapore: Flame Tree, Flame-of-the-forest, Semarak Api, Merak, Flamboyan, Fleur-de-paradis, Red Flame, Phoenix tree, Royal Poinciana, Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Gul Mohur, Semarkat Api, Sepanggil, 凤凰花, 凤凰木, 红花楹, 火树, 火焰木, 孔雀树 (Cultivated in Singapore)
Royal poinciana is a medium-sized deciduous tree from Madagascar, grown for its fern-like leaves and showy orange-red flowers in summer. It needs full sun, warmth and well-drained soil to bloom well.
Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers over summer. In many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree. It is a non-nodulating legume.
Although its country of origin was unknown, it had been in widespread cultivation for centuries. Finally, in 1932, a natural colony was discovered on the west coast of Madagascar by J. Leandri.
Delonix regia is endemic to Madagascar's dry deciduous forests, but has been introduced into tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide. In the wild it is endangered, but it is widely cultivated elsewhere and is regarded as naturalised in many of the locations where it is grown.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Delonix regia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
