3556.010 Delonix Raf.

Description of the genus

Unarmed trees. Stipules pinnate. Leaves 2-pinnate without glands on the petiole and rhachis. Pinnae and leaflets strictly opposite. Flowers in short, axillary, corymbose racemes. Sepals 5. Petals (1,3) 5 (in ours); 4 equal, the upper differing in shape and colour. Stamens 10. Pods linear-oblong, flattened, dehiscent; valves woody, septate between the many seeds. Seeds transverse, oblong, subcylindric to flattened and oblong-elliptic.

Derivation of name: Refers to the conspicuous claw of the petals

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and India

Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
decaryi (R. Vig.) Capuron
elata (L.) Gamble
leucantha (R.Vig.) Du Puy, Phillipson & R. Rabev.
regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Delonix
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Delonix
Flora of Zambia: Delonix
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Delonix

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Delonix
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Delonix
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Delonix
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iNaturalist: Delonix
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Delonix
JSTOR Plant Science: Delonix
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Delonix
Plants of the World Online: Delonix
Tropicos: Delonix
Wikipedia: Delonix