I even thought of Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava even before looking at the reply of Kenneth. Delonix is a tall tree, whereas caesalpinia is mostly a shrub or small tree.
* -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ * On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Kenneth Greby <fstf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > This looks more like Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava, rather than Delonix. > Shots of the entire plant would be helpful. > > Regards-- > Ken. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Shantanu Bhattacharya <shnt...@gmail.com> > *To:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Wed, September 8, 2010 8:30:09 AM > *Subject:* [efloraofindia:46913] Delonix regia var. flavida > > Hi > sharing snap of the Yellow variety of Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia var. > flavida )...commonly called Gulmohar. > Although it is endemic to Madagascar....it is widely grown in India as an > avenue tree. > We call it Radha-choora in Bengali....as the red Gulmohar is called > Krishna-choora. > > regards > Shantanu :) > >
