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Delonix elata

(L.) Gamble (1919)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Delonix

creamy peacock flower, white poinciana

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Madras: 396 (1919)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Delonix elata Koloa, Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Four House Canyon Preserved_Specimen Spindly, erect tree of 15'. Leaflets dark, dull green above, pale green below. Flowers: in bud - green, slightly glaucous; open -calyx lobes pale green, whitish to yellowish-green within; standard yellow, wings and keel white fading pale yellow and then orange; stamens 10, filaments dull orange, anthers darker orange; flowers faintly fragrant. Flynn, T.W. 3572 Kauai BISH 1989-10-25
2 Delonix elata East Maui, Hana District, Kalahu Point, NTBG's Kahanu Garden Preserved_Specimen Multi-trunked tree of 12 ft, bark whitish, exfoliating on some stems, leaflets dark dull grn above, dull whitish-grn w/in, corolla pale cream to butter colored, flag lemon yellow, not fragrant (2:30 pm), filament pale brownish-cream darkening above to reddish-brown, anthers drk red-orange. Flynn, T.W. 5867 Maui BISH 1995-11-15
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