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General Information
• Family: Fabaceae• Scientific name: Delonix regia• Common name(s): Royal Poinciana; flamboyant tree• Origin: native to Madagascar• Uses: ornamental shade tree• Hardiness: USDA Zones 10‐12
Description
• Height: 35 to 40 feet
• Spread: 40 to 60 feet
• Crown shape: elegant wide‐spreading umbrella like canopy
• Texture: fine
• Growth: fast
Foliage
• Leaf arrangement: alternate• Leaf type: bipinnately compound
– 12‐20 in. long with 10‐20 pairs of primary leaflets, each divided into 20‐30 pairs of secondary leaflets
• Leaf type and persistence: semi‐evergreen • Leaf color: green• Fall color: no fall color change
Flower
• Flower color: red‐orange
• Terminal clustered flowers at the ends of branches
• 5 petals ‐ Four crinkled shaped red petals and one upright slightly larger petal (standard) which is spotted with orange‐yellow and white
• Flower characteristics: summer flowering for months; very showy
Fruit
• Fruit shape: elongated; pod• Fruit length: 12 inches or more• Fruit covering: dry or hard• Fruit color: reddish brown when ripe in late summer
Culture
• Light requirement: tree grows in full sun
• Soil tolerances: tolerant of a wide range of well drained soils form acidic to alkaline and from loamy to gravelly
• Drought tolerance: high
• Moisture: does best with regular water in the growing season and very little water in its dormant season
Pests and Diseases
• Resistant to pests/diseases
• Caterpillars can eat some foliage
• Root fungus which can kill a weakened tree