DELONIX REGIA
Syn. Poinciana regia
Fam. Leguminosae. Sub fam. Coesalpineae (which consists almost entirely of trees, shrubs and climbers native to warm countries and contains some of the most beautiful trees in the world). Gul Mohr (Hindi); Rakta chura (Beng) Mayarum (Tam):Alasippu (Mal): Shima sankesula (Tel): mal Mara (Sinh): Boj (Malay): Gul Mohr, Peacock Flower, Flamboyant (Eng)
THE Gul Mohr is one of our most striking ornamental trees and each April one cannot help but wonder how a bare, gaunt tree, standing in dry, hard earth (.in produce such a wealth of glorious bloom. Within a week of the first blossom appearing the whole tree is sparkling with vivid splashes of crimson and orange. In May the pale, rich green of the new foliage unfolds and the tree develops a feathery grace. Bare. grey branches and long ugly, black pods are all hidden and the spreading canopy ot green lace and scarlet blossoms is at its loveliest. There is a wealth of variety in the shades of crimson and scarlet, some trees being almost orange and others a deep, deep red. Each has its admirers.
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