Description
Delonix regia (Delonix regia), named after "the feather of a flying phoenix, the crown of a phoenix in a flower", also known as golden phoenix, red jacaranda, fire tree, jacaranda, etc. It is a deciduous tree of the genus Flamboyant of the leguminous family, up to 20 meters high. The canopy is broad. Two pinnately compound leaves, long oval leaflets. Flowering in summer, racemes, flowers are large, red and shiny. The pods are woody and can grow up to 50 cm in length. Flamboyant tree is known as one of the most colorful trees in the world because of its bright red or orange flowers and bright green pinnate compound leaves.
The poinciana is the national tree of the Republic of Madagascar in Africa, the city tree of Xiamen City, Tainan City, Taiwan, the city flower of Shantou City, Guangdong Province, the city flower of Zhanjiang City, Guangdong during the Republic of China, and the school flower of Shantou University and Xiamen University.
The poinciana plant is tall, drooping due to the horizontal spread of the canopy, dense, broad and windy, and acts as a shade tree in the tropics. Sexual preference is high temperature, multi-day environment, it must be able to thrive in the sun. Distributed in southern and southwestern China, Madagascar of origin and tropical places in the world.
