🌿 Botanical Name
Delonix regia
👨‍👩‍👦 Family
Fabaceae (Caesalpinioideae)
🗣️ Vernacular Names
Gulmohar, May flower
🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
April – May.
🌍 Distribution
Native of Madagascar.
💡 Status
Least Concern.

Description: Ornamental spreading tree. Leaves bipinnate, pinnae 11-18 pairs, leaflets numerous, elliptic to linear-oblong. Flowers scarlet or orange-red, in terminal and axillary lax racemes. Fruit woody, linear-oblong, flattened pod, up to 75 x 5 cm.

Uses: Planted as garden or avenue tree.