Delonix baccal(Chiov.) Baker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Poinciana baccalChiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
Delonix baccal
Poinciana baccal
Flora
Entry for Delonix baccal (Chiov.) Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
Delonix baccal(Chiov.) Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], (1930).
Information
Tree 6–10 m high, with umbrella-shaped crown; bark grey with the outer surface peeling off and papery. Leaves with small deciduous subulate stipules; pinnae (1–)2–5 pairs; leaflets (4–)6–15 pairs, elliptic-oblong, 10–35 x 4.5–20 mm, appressed puberulous on both surfaces. Racemes 4–9-flowered; bracts small, deciduous before flowers open. Upper petal 4.2–5.5 cm long, bright yellow; other petals ± 2.8–3.5 cm long, white; all, especially the upper one, ± distinctly tapering and pointed at apex. Filaments 3–4 cm long. Ovary glabrous or nearly so, except for some pubescence on margins and stipe. Pods 15–24 x 2.5–3.5 cm. Seeds oblong-elliptic, flattened.
