Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms |
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Class
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Dicotledons |
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Subclass |
Polypetalae |
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Series |
Calyciflorae |
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Order |
Rosales |
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Family
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Caesalpiniaceae |
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Genus
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Caesalpinia |
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Species
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Pulcherrima |
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Botanical name
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linn.) Sw. |
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Local/Trade Names: |
Dwarf Poinciana, Krishna Chura, Peacock Flower |
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Conservation status:
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Commonly grown in gardens. |
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Digonestic features:
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Flowers red or golden red. |
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Description: |
A shrub upto 2 m high. Leaves abruptly bipinnate, upto 45 cm long; pinnae 6-12 pairs, upto 7-9 cm long; leaflets oblong, oblique at the base, emarginate at the apex with the midrib produced as a short mucro. Flowers red or golden red. Pod nearly straight, narrow, thin, 5-8 cm long. |
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Phenology: |
Fls.: Hot and rainy seasons. Frts.: Cold season. |
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Distribution:
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Native country uncertain, perhaps South America. |
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Where to see it: |
Medicinal Plant Garden and Flowering Tree section. |
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Uses: |
Fruits rich in tannins; flowers yield a dye. Infusion of the flowers used as a pectoral and febrifuge; bark as an abortifacient. Leaves purgative, tonic, and emmenagogue. |
