Description
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (scientific name: Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.): large shrubs or small trees; up to 3 meters, green or pink-green branches with sparse thorns. There are 4 to 8 pairs of bipinnate compound leaves, opposite, 7 to 11 pairs of leaflets, oblong or obovate, skewed at the base, concave at the top, and short petiole. The racemes are terminal or axillary, the petals are round and stalked, orange or yellow, and the peduncle is 7 cm long. The pods are black. There are 6 to 9 seeds. Flower and fruit period is almost all year round.
It is cultivated in the West Indies, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Taiwan of China. It is one of the valuable ornamental trees in the tropics.
