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Botanical Name	Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Family Name	Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name	Poinciana, Peacock flower, Red bird of paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, flospavonis
Tamil Name	மயில் கொன்றை
Life Form	Shrub
Distribution	Americas and West Indies
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A small unarmed shrub, bark - Greyish-brown and rough. Leaves: Bipinnately compound, stipulate, leaflets 8-12 pairs. Flowers: Inflorescence - big, erect racemes, showy, red or yellow, complete, bisexual, pentamerous. Calyx petaloid, deeply cleft. Corolla petals unequal, clawed, yellow or red, imbricate. Stamens 10 free, filaments long, petaloid. Ovary flat, monocarpellary, ovules few, style filiform, stigma terminal. Fruit: Pods oblong, flat. Seeds: Obovate-oblong, smooth, glabrous.
Flowering and Fruiting	Throughout the year
Key Compounds	Diterpenoids, Isovouacaperol, Sitosterol, and Flavonoids
Medicinal Use	Bronchitis, Asthma and for Malarial Fevers
At the Campus	Front of the commerce department and botanical garden