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The Royal Poinciana - Plant Sciences Home Tree/HaBui.pdf · General Information • Family: Fabaceae • Scientific name: Delonix regia • Common name(s): Royal Poinciana; flamboyant

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Page 1: The Royal Poinciana - Plant Sciences Home Tree/HaBui.pdf · General Information • Family: Fabaceae • Scientific name: Delonix regia • Common name(s): Royal Poinciana; flamboyant

The Royal PoincianaDelonix Regia

Ha Bui

ENH 101

Page 2: The Royal Poinciana - Plant Sciences Home Tree/HaBui.pdf · General Information • Family: Fabaceae • Scientific name: Delonix regia • Common name(s): Royal Poinciana; flamboyant
Page 3: The Royal Poinciana - Plant Sciences Home Tree/HaBui.pdf · General Information • Family: Fabaceae • Scientific name: Delonix regia • Common name(s): Royal Poinciana; flamboyant

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

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Description

• Height: 35 to 40 feet

• Spread: 40 to 60 feet

• Crown shape: elegant wide‐spreading umbrella like canopy

• Texture: fine

• Growth: fast

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Pests and Diseases

• Resistant to pests/diseases

• Caterpillars can eat some foliage

• Root fungus which can kill a weakened tree

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Sources

• http://www.floridata.com/ref/D/delo_reg.cfm

• http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/DELREGA.pdf