DELONIX REGIA (GULMOHAR)

 GULMOHAR IS A DECIDUOUS, LARGE TREE WITH FERN-LIKE LEAVES .

 GULMOHAR IS ALSO KNOWN AS FLAME TREE OR ROYAL POINCIANA OR THE PEACOCK FLOWER TREE
(DELONIX REGIA).
 THE GULMOHAR IS A MOSTLY STREET TREE IN INDIA, AND ALSO ADMIRED FOR ITS BEAUTY. IN MATURATION
TIME, TREES DEVELOP BROAD UMBRELLA-SHAPED CROWNS. IT IS MOSTLY PLANTED FOR THEIR SHADE-
GIVING PROPERTIES AND AS AN ORNAMENTAL TREE.
 THE GULMOHAR TREE GROWS TO A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN 30 AND 40 FEET LEAVES.
 THE ROYAL POINCIANA REQUIRES A TROPICAL OR NEAR-TROPICAL CLIMATE, BUT CAN TOLERATE DROUGHT AND
BARK SALTY CONDITIONS. IT PREFERS AN OPEN, FREE-DRAINING SANDY OR LOAMY SOIL ENRICHED WITH ORGANIC.
THE GUL MOHAR IS A MEDIUM-SIZED, FAST GROWING DECIDUOUS TREE. SOMETIMES, ROOTS CLOSE TO THE
TRUNK ARE EXPOSED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE TRUNK. THESE ARE CALLED 'BUTRESSES'. THE 1 IS WHITISH INSIDE
TREE HAS A CLEAR BOLE (PORTION OF THE TRUNK THAT IS DEVOID OF BRANCHES) WITH SMOOTH, PALE GREY WITH RED SPOTS,
LONGER AND
BARK.
NARROWER THAN THE
FLOWER OTHERS.
 GULMOHAR FLOWER IS ACTINOMORPHIC OR SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR, SLIGHTLY FRAGRANT AND UP TO 5-13
CM ACROSS.
 CALYX IS 5 LOBED, GLABROUS. SEPALS ARE THICK, REDDISH WITH YELLOW BORDER WITHIN AND GREEN 2- 3 CM WIDE. 4
OUTSIDE. THERE ARE 5 PETALS. PETALS ARE ORANGE- PETALS ARE ORBICULAR,
RED, ALMOST BROADLY SPOON SHAPED,
 NUMBER OF STAMENS RANGE FROM 9 TO 10. STAMENS ARE COMPLETELY FREE, SEPARATE AND
SCARLET.. ROUNDED, BROADER, 5-6.5
MONADELPHOUS. FILAMENTS ARE HAIRY, VILLOUS AND RED OR PINK IN COLOR. CM LONG
LEAVES
 THE LEAVES ARE FEATHER-LIKE AND ARE THICKLY PACKED ON THE CROWN PROVIDING DENSE SHADE THERE ARE 2 COMPRESSED
STIPULES AT THE BASE OF THE
UNDERNEATH THE TREE.
LEAF STALK THAT HAVE LONG,
 THEY USUALLY TURN YELLOW DURING NOVEMBER AND BY LATE JANUARY-EARLY FEBRUARY, MOST OF THEM
COMB LIKE, NARROW TEETH.
ARE GONE. NEW LEAVES APPEAR BY LATE MARCH OR EARLY APRIL.
 LEAVES ARE BIPARIPINNATE, SLIGHTLY HAIRY, ALTERNATE, LIGHT GREEN AND 20-60 CM LONG.
 LEAFLETS ARE OBLONG, MARGINS ENTIRE, OPPOSITE, STALK LESS, IN 18 TO 30 PAIRS, ABOUT 1.5 CM LONG. 20-60 CM
FRUIT
 THE GULMOHAR FRUIT IS LEGUME, STIPITATE, UNILOCULAR, ELONGATE AND OBLONG.
 FRUIT IS GREEN AND FLACCID WHEN YOUNG AND TURNING TO HARD, DARK BROWN, WOODY PODS, ENDING
IN SHORT BEAK WHEN MATURE.
 IN MATURATION FRUIT SPLITE INTO 2 PARTS. FRUIT IS APPROXIMATELY 30-75 CM LONG, 3.8 CM THICK AND 5-
7.6 CM BROAD.
SEEDS 30-75 CM
 SEEDS ARE DARK BROWN, SLIGHTLY ELONGATED TO ROD-SHAPED, SMOOTH WITH HARD SEED COATS AND
STREAKED. THEY ARE NEATLY ARRANGED LINEARLY WITHIN THE FRUIT.

5 - 12 m
USE IN LANDSCAPE –
• DELONIX REGIA IS A DECORATIVE TREE AND IS EXTENSIVELY USED IN INDIA LANDSCAPES.
• IT HAS BRITTLE BRANCHES AND CAN GET UPROOTED IN CYCLONES AND STORMS HENCE SHOULD BE LOCATED CAREFULLY.
• THEY ADD BRIGHT COLOR TO THE LANDSCAPE DURING HOT SUMMER MONTHS.THEY ARE EASY TO MAINTAIN.

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