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Delonix

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Genus of flowering plants in the bean family Fabaceae

Delonix
Royal poinciana (Delonix regia)
Scientific classificationEdit 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
Species

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Synonyms[3]
  • AprevaliaBaill. (1884)
  • LemuropisumH.Perrier (1938 publ. 1939)

Delonix is agenus offlowering plants in the familyFabaceae,subfamilyCaesalpinioideae.[4] It containstrees that are native toMadagascar andEast Africa. By far the best known species is the Royal Poinciana (D. regia).

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

Species

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12 species are accepted:[3]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Delonix baccal(Chiov.)Baker f.Ethiopia,Kenya,Somalia
Delonix boiviniana(Baill.)CapuronMadagascar
Delonix brachycarpa(R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix decaryi(R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix edulis(H.Perrier) Babineau & BruneauMadagascar
Delonix elata(L.)GambleEast Africa, southern Arabia east to western India
Delonix floribunda(Baill.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix leucantha(R.Vig.) Du Puy, Phillipson & R.Rabev.Madagascar
Delonix pumilaDu Puy, Phillipson & R.Rabev.Madagascar
Delonix regia(Bojer exHook.)Raf.Madagascar[6]
Delonix tomentosa(R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix velutina(R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar

Use

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These plants (collectively known asfengoky orfengoka) release brown resin lumps that can be dissolved to make glue, or sucked as edible sweets among theMalagasy. 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 fromthe original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved2011-04-22.
  2. ^"Delonix Raf".TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved2009-10-22.
  3. ^abDelonix Raf.Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^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.
  5. ^Gledhill, David (2008).The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 137.ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
  6. ^"Subordinate Taxa ofDelonix Raf".TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved2009-10-22.
  7. ^Puy, David J. Du; Phillipson, Peter B.; Rabevohitra, Raymond (1995). "The Genus Delonix (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Caesalpinieae) in Madagascar".Kew Bulletin.50 (3):450–1.Bibcode:1995KewBu..50..445P.doi:10.2307/4110322.JSTOR 4110322.

External links

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  • Media related toDelonix at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related toDelonix at Wikispecies
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