Flame Of The Forest
Flame of the forest is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Butea monosperma'' *''Delonix regia'', native to Madagascar *''Mucuna bennettii'', native to Papua New Guinea *'' Pieris floribunda'', native to North America *'' Spathodea'' See also *Flame tree (other) Flame tree may refer to: Common name of trees * ''Alloxylon flammeum'', commonly known as the Queensland tree waratah or red silky oak * '' Brachychiton acerifolius'', Illawarra flame tree * ''Butea monosperma'', Flame in the woods * ''Delonix reg ...

Butea Monosperma
''Butea monosperma'' is a species of '' Butea'' native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known as flame of the forest, Bengal kino, dhak, palash, and bastard teak. Revered as sacred by Hindus, it is prized for producing an abundance of vivid blooms, and it is also cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The plant grows across Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and western Indonesia. Description ''Butea monosperma'' is a small-sized dry-season deciduous tree, growing to tall. It is slow-growing: young trees have a growth rate of a few feet per year. The leaves are pinnate, with an petiole and three leaflets. Each leaflet is long. The flowers are long, bright orange-red, and produced in racemes up to long. The fruit is a pod long and broad.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan . The flowers frequently have a spectacular bloom ...
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Delonix Regia
''Delonix regia'' is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers over summer. In many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree. It is a non-nodulating legume. Although its country of origin was unknown, it had been in widespread cultivation for centuries. Finally, in 1932, a natural colony was discovered on the west coast of Madagascar by J. Leandri. Common names Its common names include " flame tree" (one of several species given this name), peacock flower, royal poinciana, flamboyant, phoenix flower, flame of the forest. The name ''poinciana'' comes from a genus it was once placed in named '' Poinciana'' after Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy, a French noble who once governed the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts. Description ''Delonix regia'' is a medium-sized deciduous tree that grows to about . The bark ...
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Mucuna Bennettii
''Mucuna bennettii'', commonly known as New Guinea creeper, red jade vine or flame of the forest, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that is distributed from Sulawesi to Vanuatu. The species was formally described by Victorian government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria, Australia ... in 1876. It has glossy, green leaves on twining stems and long pendants of claw-like, fiery scarlet flowers. See also * Jade vine References bennettii Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1876 Flora of Sulawesi Flora of the Maluku Islands Flora of New Guinea Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago) Flora of Vanuatu {{Phaseoleae-stub ...
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Pieris Floribunda
''Pieris floribunda'' is a North American species of broadleaf evergreen shrub, a member of the fetterbush genus in the blueberry family (Ericaceae). It is commonly known in North America as mountain fetterbush or mountain andromeda. All parts of ''Pieris floribunda'' are poisonous if ingested. In landscapes it should be grown in full to part shade, out of windy locations, and have a good quality soil with much organic matter with acidity of pH 4.5 to 6.5. The mountain fetterbush is less subject to damage from the Azalea lacebug that often infests the related ''Pieris japonica''. Description ''Pieris floribunda'' is a bushy shrub growing to around high with oval shiny, leathery leaves which are normally evergreen, but may shed in a harsh winter to brown and persist until spring. It has erect or erect with just slightly nodding panicles of white urn-shaped flowers that form in autumn as erect pink buds. The brown, dry fruit is a slightly angled globular capsule about long in ...
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Spathodea
''Spathodea'' is a genus in the plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, ''Spathodea campanulata'', is commonly known as the African tulip tree. The tree grows between tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa. It has been nominated as among 100 of the "World's Worst" invaders. This tree is planted extensively as an ornamental tree throughout the tropics and is much appreciated for its very showy reddish-orange or crimson (rarely yellow), campanulate flowers. The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek words σπαθη (''spathe'') and οιδα (''oida''), referring to the spathe-like calyx. It was identified by Europeans in 1787 on the Gold Coast of Africa. Description The flower bud is ampule-shaped and contains water. People sometimes play with these buds because of their ability to squirt water. The sap sometimes stains yellow on fingers and clothes. The open flowers are cup-shaped and hold rain and dew, making them attractive to many spe ...
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