Edible : Seeds, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit
A tree which loses its leaves during the year in places with a long dry season. It grows to 12 m tall and spreads to 6 m wide. The trunk is stout and has knots. The bark is thick and greyish brown. The leaves are twice divided and are feathery. The leaves are bright green. They are 30-50 cm long divided into 10-25 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are orange to scarlet. They have 5 club shaped petals. Flowers are 10-13 cm across. The fruit are reddish brown long pods. The pods can be 60 cm long. They are green and flexible when young and hard and brown when mature. They contain mottled yellow seeds which are oblong
A tropical plant. It is native to Madagascar. They are frost tender. They need full sunlight. They need a fertile, moist but well drained soil. The temperatures need to be above 18-21°C for seeds to grow. Trees must have a temperature above 7°C. In Nepal it grows up to 1000 m altitude. It suits hardiness zones 11-12.
Other Names :
Ai-akasi, Alamboronala, Diep bong do, Diep tay, Fang daeng, Fang hang nhoung, Flamboyant Tree, Fuaitansanga, Ginimaa, Gold mohur, Golmaar, Gulmohr, Gulmohur, Hahng-nok-yoong, Kngaok barang, Kok fang nyung, Krishnachura, Mak fang, Mayarum, Merqaya, Mjohoro, Mkakaya, Phuong, Phuongvi, Poyon flamboyant, Shima sankesula,
Synonyms :
Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.;
Caesalpinia regia (Bojer ex Hook.) D. Dietr.;