DELONIX REGIA 
Delonix — conspicuous ; regia — royal 
English names: 
Flamboyant, Flame of the 
Forest 
Family : Leguminosae 
Country oj origin : Madagascar 
Colour : 
Garden use ; 
Propagation : 
scarlet; one petal white with 
red spots. 
a quick-growing umbrella- 
shaped tree 3 5— go feet tall ; 
deciduous, bearing its beautiful 
flowers freely with the new 
leaves after a short bare period ; 
no regular flowering season in 
south of Malaya. 
from seeds, or marcots of 
woody branches. 
A, leaflets (note rounded tips). 
B, flower. 
C, section of base of flower showing stalked 
ovary (dotted) and hairy bases of stamens. 
D, fruit, the base cut open to show seeds. 
E, a seed. 
