PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / FABALES / FABACEAE / CAESALPINIOIDEAE / CAESALPINIEAE / CAESALPINIA / PULCHERRIMA
Shrub up to 5 m high, unarmed or sometimes with short spines in pairs at the nodes, rarely scattered, quite glabrous except for the stamen-filaments. Leaves 6-30 cm long, unarmed or occasionally with paired prickles or spinulose stipels at the insertions of the pinnae and leaflets; pinnae 3-10 pairs; rhachillae 1.8-8.5 cm long; leaflets 5-12 pairs per pinna, (5)8-18(28) mm long, 4-12 mm wide, oblong to oblong-elliptic, rounded to emarginate apically. Racemes terminal or terminal and axillary, up to 35 cm long; bracts ± linear-lanceolate, up to 7.5 mm long, rapidly deciduous and shed when the buds are young. Flowers scarlet, red and yellow, orange-red or yellow (var. flava L. H. Bailey); pedicels 2-7.5 cm long in flower, sometimes longer in fruit. Sepals 7-14 mm long, the lower one 14-17 mm long and hooded apically. Petals 15-25 mm long, long-clawed, with a lamina ±10-20 mm wide, distal margin erose-undulate; upper petal smaller. Stamens scarlet, long-exserted; filaments 4-6.5 cm long, pubescent basally, glabrous above; anthers glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Pods asymmetrically oblanceolate-oblong, 6-12 cm long, 1.4-2.2 cm wide, brown or purplish-brown, compressed, unarmed, dehiscent. Seeds brown, ±9-10 x 7-8 mm, obovate, subtruncate apically, somewhat compressed. From: Ross, JH. 1977. Parkinsonia to Swartzia. Fl. S. Africa 16(2): 109-138. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Probably a native of tropical America (though often alleged to be Asiatic). From: Ross, JH. 1977. Parkinsonia to Swartzia. Fl. S. Africa 16(2): 109-138. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
305 to 1189 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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BOT
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ESW
LES
WC
EC
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GA
KZN
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MP
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Absent
Indigenous
Endemic
Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
Published in: Observ. Bot. (Swartz): 166 (1791)
Poinciana pulcherrima L.
Published in: Sp. Pl. 1: 380 (1753)
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados Pride | English | Agricultural Research Centre. 2016. South African Plant Invaders Atlas Database (SAPIA). | |
| Bird-of-paradise flower | English | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| Pride of Barbados | English | Agricultural Research Centre. 2016. South African Plant Invaders Atlas Database (SAPIA). | |
| pride of Barbados | English | Ross, JH. 1977. Parkinsonia to Swartzia, Fl. S. Africa 16(2): 109-138. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Fabales
FAMILY Fabaceae
SUBFAMILY Caesalpinioideae
TRIBE Caesalpinieae
GENUS Caesalpinia
SPECIES pulcherrima
410 results for Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Year
Barcode: PRE0803599-0 Collector(s) & number: Keet, JDM, PRF 8030 | 1932-3-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Barberton District.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0458083-0 Collector(s) & number: Graf, H, 474 | 1946-3-22
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA DIST.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0377282-0 Collector(s) & number: Curator Pretoria Bot. Garden, 93 | 1946-1-19
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA DIST.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0135126-0 Collector(s) & number: Cheek, MD, 669 | 2009-7-8
South Africa, Northern Cape, Lime Acres; 160km NW of Kimberley on Grootvlei farm.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0377284-0 Collector(s) & number: Jenkins, TJ, TRV 7081 | 1909-2-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, DURBAN
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0135119-0 Collector(s) & number: Cheek, MD, 203 | 2009-12-10
South Africa, Free State, 15 km east of Reddersburg on the R717 DeWets dorp rd. on Diepfontein farm
General notes: Notes: Bees visiting flowers.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0060217-0 Collector(s) & number: Mills, AP, 245 | 1968-1-5
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Botanic Gardens.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0822596-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgoyne, PM, 3299 | 1995-3-6
Namibia, Bushmanland: On the road to Sonop Agricultural Station, about 30 km from Omaramba - Omataka. Open shrubveld. 19°01'959"S 18°49'236"E
General notes: Sandy calcareous soil. Level flat slope. Biotic effect: garden. Shrub 2 - 3 m tall. Dark orange flowers with vermilion edges. Occasional.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0148423-0 Collector(s) & number: Cheek, MD, 221 | 2010-6-12
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Pongola; Dive Inn garden.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0781316-0 Collector(s) & number: Bird, WR, 1020 | 1966-3-14
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
General notes: Tree 20feet tall. Flowers orange. ex Saasveld Det.F.von Breitenbach
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0463112-0 Collector(s) & number: Grobbelaar, N, 1827 | 1973-12-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ST. LUCIA; MISSION ROCKS; 4 KM. VANAF MISSION ROCKS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0135003-0 Collector(s) & number: Cheek, MD, 221 | 2010-1-12
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Pongola Municipality, Pongola, Piet Retief Street - Dive Inn garden.
General notes: Notes: Not abundant. Healthy plant.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0801981-0 Collector(s) & number: Meyer, NL, 207 | 1993-8-12
South Africa, Western Cape, Laingsburg district. Anysberg Nature Reserve, plain north of mountain. At Vrede farmhouse, against north-facing wall.
General notes: Cultivated shrub?. Compound leaves, light brown pods, flowers yellow with long red stamens.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0211887-0 Collector(s) & number: Hobson, SR, 829 | 1989-12-14
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hlabisa District: Near Lake St. Lucia; Eastern Shores State Forest. In pine plantation.
General notes: Exotic.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0562378-0 Collector(s) & number: Cass, C, CS 120 | 1996-4-3
South Africa, Mpumalanga, On Eastern side of road on way to new Skukuza waste site, ± 500 m from site, next to brickyard.
General notes: Rare. De Winter & Codd 620 (Pretoriuskop, 1949) indicated that this sp. is indigenous.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0989872-0 Collector(s) & number: Klaassen, ES, 134 | 1998-5-17
Namibia, Okavango, Cultivated field at Mashare Agriculture College.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0377281-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 6106 | 1950-5-13
South Africa, Mpumalanga, NELSPRUIT DIST.; KRUGER NAT. PARK; MALELANE REST CAMP IN CAMP
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: WAG.1627384 | Collector(s) & number: Bos JJ , Bos, JJ 1109 | 1964-01-15
South Africa
Data Resource: https://ror.org/0566bfb96 View record
Barcode: WAG.1627386 | Collector(s) & number: Bos JJ , Bos, JJ 1109 | 1964-01-15
South Africa
Data Resource: https://ror.org/0566bfb96 View record
Barcode: WAG.1627385 | Collector(s) & number: Bos JJ , Bos, JJ 1109 | 1964-01-15
South Africa
Data Resource: https://ror.org/0566bfb96 View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2016
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) Gagnon, E; Bruneau, A; Hughes, CE; Queiroz, LP de; Lewis, GPPhytokeys 71: 1-160
2007
FLORA
61. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae: 30. Caesalpinia L. Brummitt, RKFlora Zambesiaca 3(2)177-183
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
1977
FLORA
Erythrophloeum to Jubelnardia Ross, JHFlora of Southern Africa 16(2)1-45
Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria
1977
FLORA
Parkinsonia to Swartzia Ross, JHFlora of Southern Africa 16(2)109-138
Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria
No results found for Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
| Part(s) of plant used | Use(s) | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | Medicinally | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Seeds | Abortifacient - Pregnant women | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Leaves | Abortifacient - Pregnant women | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Roots | Skin disease (Body part: Skin) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Flowers | Lung disease (Body part: Lung) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Bark | Lung disease (Body part: Lung) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Bark | Fever | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Leaves | Abortifacient - Pregnant women | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Leaves | Purgative | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Roots | Fever | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Roots | Lung disease (Body part: Lung) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Bark | Skin disease (Body part: Skin) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Flowers | Skin disease (Body part: Skin) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Seeds | Purgative | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Flowers | Fever | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Unspecified | Medicinally | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Unspecified | Medicinally | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Unspecified | Medicinally | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Seeds | Abortifacient - Pregnant women | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
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