Pride of Barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Description:

Brilliantly colored flower. I mistook it for a Gulmohar, but seems it is some other flower. Thanks for the ID. This particular tree has yellow edged flower in each inflorescence.

Habitat:

Tropical regions.

1 species ID suggestions

Ashish a year ago

शंकासूर, Pride of Barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima Caesalpinia pulcherrima

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Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Use Tamil name in title along with world famous name.

prasanthi89 a year ago

Tamil name for the flower: திலகம் (thilakam)

Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Gulmohor is Delonix regia Giant burning tree.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_reg...

Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Following site will help you lot...
http://www.flowersofindia.in/

prasanthi89 a year ago

Thanks for the ID. I will change it now.

Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Find local Tamil name and add... :)

prasanthi89 a year ago

Then what tree is it ??

Ashish Nimkar a year ago

This is not Gulmohar... :)

Spotted by prasanthi89

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Lat: 13.06, Long: 80.25

Spotted on Jul 30, 2011
Submitted on Jul 30, 2011

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Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Pride of Barbados

Description:

Habitat:

1 species ID suggestions

शंकासूर, Pride of Barbados

8 Comments

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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