CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA 
CAESALPINIA A. Caesalpini ( 1519 - 1603 ), phjsician, director of 
botanic garden at Pisa, PULCHERRIMA most beautiful. 
English names : 
Malay name : 
Family : 
Country of origin 
Colour : 
r . . 7 - f 
i" A 
Garden use: 
Propagation : 
Flower characters 
Fruit 
Peacock flower; Pride of 
Barbados. 
Jambul Merak. 
Leguminosae. 
South America (probably). 
orange and yellow, turning 
deep orange (there is also a 
yellow variety). 
a tall shrub or small tree, 
* 
needing full sun, growing 
rapidly and flowering freely; 
should he pruned after flower- 
ing. 
9 _', l * . ' \ 'ff 
by seeds. 
* * H 
sepals y (one spoon-shaped), 
petals s (one different from 
the rest), stamens 10, ovary 
1 , with long style. 
a dry flat pod containing 
several seeds. 
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10 
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