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other names: Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant, Flame Tree
This tree, now widely distributed throughout the tropics, originated
in Madagascar. It grows to a maximum height of about fifty feet and develops a flat,
wise-spreading crown; sometimes the tree is wider than it is high. The leaves are
compound. Each leaf is between one and two feet long, and it is divided into
numerous leaflets, the effect being feathery and fern-like. The flowers are bright
orange or red and sometimes scarlet. Each flower is about four inches in diameter
and the blossoms erupt in huge terminal or axillary sprays. [...] The fruits are
produced in very large, flat pods about two feet in length[. . . .] (26)
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