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Gulmohar

Delonix regia

Description:

Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant from the Fabaceae family, Caesalpinioideae subfamilia, noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of flowers. In many tropical parts of countries around the world it is grown as an ornamental tree and in English it is given the name Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant. It is also one of several trees known as Flame tree.

Notes:

Shot this one off a ropeway cart across malampuzha dam quite a colorful garden they have there during the monsoons defly worth a trip if your every around south india.

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alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Lovely Color!!

KumarAnand
Spotted by
KumarAnand

Coimbatore, Kerala, India

Spotted on May 2, 2006
Submitted on Aug 9, 2011

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