Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	[[Lifespan::evergreen perennialsn]]
Origin:	✈	?
Poisonous:	☠	[[Poisonous::pods, seeds cause serious illnesssn]]

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	[[Exposure::full sunsn]]
Water:	◍	moderate, [[Water::littlesn]]
Sunset Zones:		[[Sunset zones::8-16, 18-28sn]]

Scientific Names

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Read about Caesalpinia pulcherrima in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz. Barbados Pride. Barbados Flower-fence. Dwarf Poinciana. Shrub, with few scattered prickles, delicate, evergeen, mimosa-like leaves with 12-18 pinnae, each with 20-24 oblique-oblong lfts. less than 1 in. long, and very gaudy red-and- yellow crisped fls. on the ends of the new growth: stamens and style red, and long-exserted. Generally distributed in the tropics. —One of the most popular shrubs in warm climates. There is a var. flava, with yellow fls. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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