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Plant Details
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Peacock flower |
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Scientific Name: | Caesalpinia pulcherrima |
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Common Name: | Peacock flower |
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Native Location: | Tropical America |
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Description: | Caesalpinia pulcherrima, a member of the bean family, can be found throughout tropical America. This species has several common names, including pride of Barbados, peacock flower and dwarf Poinciana. The plant is a shrub or small tree with thorny stems growing about 10 feet tall. In the tropics, Caesalpinia pulcherrima has been used as a throny barrier hedge, acting as a flowering fence. The showy, red-orange flowers tinged with yellow are described nicely by their species epithet, "pulcherrima," meaning "the prettiest." |
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Plant of Month on: | August 2009 |
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All Photos by Mark Deering, Curator of Butterflies ©2005
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