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Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Synonym
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Local name
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English - Peacock flower
Malayalam - Rajamalli
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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Throughout the year
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Distribution
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Probably native in Tropical America; now widely cultivated
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Distribution
in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as ornamental plant
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IUCN Status
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Least Concerned
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Uses
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Grown as ornamental plant
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Key botanical characters :
Branching shrubs to
5 m tall. Leaves bipinnate; rachis 20-30 cm long; pinnae 4-8 pairs; leaflets
6-8 pairs on each pinna, elliptic to obovate, base cuneate,
apex rounded or emarginate; stipules 2 mm long, subulate, caducous.
Flowers in terminal corymbose racemes, 20-50 cm long.
Calyx outer lobe cucullate, enclosing the flower bud. Petals subequal, commonly flame-red but sometimes yellow. Stamens
10; filaments reddish, 0.5 cm long, exserted. Pods obliquely
oblong, compressed, short-stipitate, beaked at apex, 8-10-seeded. Seeds obovate, compressed, black.
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