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Delonix
Royal poinciana (Delonix regia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Delonix
Raf. (1837)[1]
Type species
Delonix regia

(BojerexHook.) Raf.[2]

Species

See text

Synonyms[3]
  • Aprevalia Baill. (1884)
  • Lemuropisum H.Perrier (1938 publ. 1939)

Delonix is a genusofflowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[4] It contains trees that are native to Madagascar and East Africa. By far the best known species is the Royal Poinciana (D. regia).

The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words δηλος (delos), meaning "evident," and ονυξ (onyx), meaning "claw," referring to the petals.[5] The common name, poinciana, comes from a former genus of the same name in which the members of the current genus Delonix were classified along with plants now placed in the genus Caesalpinia.

Species

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12 species are accepted:[3]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Delonix baccal (Chiov.) Baker f. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Delonix boiviniana (Baill.) Capuron Madagascar
Delonix brachycarpa (R.Vig.) Capuron Madagascar
Delonix decaryi (R.Vig.) Capuron Madagascar
Delonix edulis (H.Perrier) Babineau & Bruneau Madagascar
Delonix elata (L.) Gamble East Africa, southern Arabia east to western India
Delonix floribunda (Baill.) Capuron Madagascar
Delonix leucantha (R.Vig.) Du Puy, Phillipson & R.Rabev. Madagascar
Delonix pumila Du Puy, Phillipson & R.Rabev. Madagascar
Delonix regia (BojerexHook.) Raf. Madagascar[6]
Delonix tomentosa (R.Vig.) Capuron Madagascar
Delonix velutina (R.Vig.) Capuron Madagascar

Use

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These plants (collectively known as fengokyorfengoka) release brown resin lumps that can be dissolved to make glue, or sucked as edible sweets among the Malagasy. Their seeds too are roasted and eaten as a snack in the south.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Delonix Raf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-05. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  • ^ "Delonix Raf". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  • ^ a b Delonix Raf. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  • ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  • ^ Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
  • ^ "Subordinate Taxa of Delonix Raf". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  • ^ Puy, David J. Du; Phillipson, Peter B.; Rabevohitra, Raymond (1995). "The Genus Delonix (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Caesalpinieae) in Madagascar". Kew Bulletin. 50 (3): 450–1. doi:10.2307/4110322.
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