Delonix regia (Hook.) Rafin.

ഗുൽമോഹർ

Family
:
Leguminosae (Caesalpinioideae)
Synonym
:
Poinciana regia Hook.
Common Names
:
Poomaram, Royal poinciana, Flame tree
Flowering Period
:
February – July
Distribution
:
Native of Madagascar; now cultivated throughout the tropics
Habitat
:
Planted as ornamental tree
Habit
:
Tree
Uses
:

Ornamental. A leaf decoction presumably has anti-rheumatic effects. In eastern Nigeria the leaves are used traditionally for treating pain.  

ഇലകൾ തിളപ്പിച്ചു വറ്റിച്ച് വാതരോഗ പ്രതിരോധാർത്ഥം ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു.
Key Characters
:

Gulmohar are trees with leaves bi-pinnate, alternate; rachis, pulvinate; pinnae 8-20 pairs, opposite; leaflet lamina oblong, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, crimson, in terminal or lateral corymbose panicles; calyx tube very short; lobes 5, valvate; petals 5, imbricate; margins fimbriate; upper petal dissimilar and white streaked with red and yellow; stamens 10, free; ovary half inferior, ovules many; style filiform; stigma truncate. Fruit a pod, woody.