There is a tree in India called 'Gulmohar'...What is the name for it in US? Pl. help.?
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Common name: Flame Tree, Royal Poinciana, Gulmohar गुलमोहर (Hindi), Krishnachura (Bengali), Kempu torai (Kannada)
Botanical name: Delonix regia Family: Fabaceae/Leguminosae (pea family)
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Discovered in the early 19th century in its native Madagascar by botanist Wensel Bojer, Gulmohar is a flamboyant tree in flower - some say the world's most colorful tree. For several weeks in spring and summer it is covered with exuberant clusters of flame-red flowers, 4-5 in across. Even up close the individual flowers are striking: they have four spoon shaped spreading scarlet or orange-red petals about 3 in long, and one upright slightly larger petal (the standard) which is marked with yellow and white. The delicate, fern-like leaves are composed of small individual leaflets, which fold up at the onset of dusk. Gulmohar gets 30-40 ft tall, but its elegant wide-spreading umbrella-like canopy can be wider than its height. Gumohar is naturalized in India and is widely cultivated as a street tree.
The botanical name is Delonix regia.
Hiiiiiii Princess, Gulmohar is a common name or a local name for a particular plant in India. And I guess the word Gulmohar is derived from farsi for the shape of petals (Gul=Flower) (Mohar=peacock). The botanical name for the plant is Delonix. It includes three species D.elata, D.regia and D.regia (yellow). But Delonix regia has spread to Florida, California, bermuda, South Asia and other tropical and sub tropical countries.
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