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Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.; flamboyan

Tree; leaves alternate, bipinnately compound; leaflets oblong, margins entire; inflorescnece a terminal panicle; flowers large, reddish orange with white and yellow markings on uppwer petal; legume fruits large, woody, flat, elongate. (Image at left photographed on the Paseo Montejo, Merida.)

Additional images:

• habit
• buttresses at base of trunk
• buttresses at base of trunk
• flowers (photographed at UADY Veterinary School)
• flower (photographed at UADY Veterinary School)
• flower (photographed in Merida)
• flower (photographed in Merida)
• flower bud, dissected (photographed in Merida)

Native to Madagascar and planted widely throughout the tropics as an ornamental. At Rancho Kiuic known only from the vicinity of the historic settlement area. Listed as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza Novello 1981, Suarez Molina 1981).