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Caesalpinioideae
Distinguishing characters
Leaves usuallybipinnate,paripinn
ateor bifoliolate, rarely simpleor 1-
foliolate, sometimes with specialized glands,
not usually with atendril(present in a
few Bauhiniaspp.).
Flowers usually bilaterally
symmetrical, rarely radially symmetrical,
usually relatively large.
Sepals generally free.
etalsimbricatein bud,the
median petaloverlapped by thelateral!.
"tamens (1-)1#(-$#), sometimes
dimorphic or heteromorphic,
filaments freeor fused at the
base, e%sertedor included.
"eeds either without a pleurogram
or if pleurogram present then closed.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Description
&n frost-free climates it is an
evergreen tree or small shrub that grows to
'-1# in height and width. &t is damaged at
'*F and +illed to the ground at 1*F so it
typically grows as a deciduous shrub in
zone , and a returning perennial in zone .
&n the topics it can reach heights of 1$-#/.
0owl-shaped $-petaled flowers (to wide)
bloom spring to fall (year-round in tropical
climates) in !- long terminal racemes (to
!# flowers per raceme) located at the
branch ends. Flowers feature bright orange-
yellow petals with contrasting elongated
dar+ red stamens. Feathery, twice pinnate
green leaves are usually evergreen, but
sometimes deciduous in areas near the
edge of its growing range. 2ach leaf has $-
pairs of pinnae and 3-1# pairs of leaflets per
pinna. Flowers are followed by oblong, flat
fruits (seed pods to .$-! long), with eachpod containing -1#
dar+ brown to blac+
seeds which are e4ected as the pod splits
open at maturity. 5his shrub has sharp
pric+les along its stems.
Distribution
6ative to the 7est &ndies but was
introduced to, and is commonly found in,
5e%as, 8rizona, 9alifornia, and Florida.
Uses
:rnamental plant. ;ecoction or
infusion of leaves, flowers, roots, and bar+
were used as purgative and emmenagogue,
an agent for promoting menstruation.
Conservation
5his widely distributed species is not
currently of conservation concern.
Delonix regia
Description
;eloni% regia is a tree 1#-1$ (ma%.
1) m high, attaining a girth of up to muality product,there are
various methods ofprocessing and storage, dependingon the
end-product which is soughte.g. 4am, beverage, dressing
sauces(chutneys), condiments, syrups, ice-creams etc., or eaten
fresh.
"eeds have various uses, icluding
human food and livestoc+ feed.
Flowers are nectariferous providing
abundant and high >uality honey.
7ood D sapwood is white to
yellowish sometimes with red
strea+s. 5he heartwood is brown topurple-brown, occasionally
withblac+ stripes in the older trees, woodis hard heavy (dE#.' g
cm-')uality.
?edicinal applications are
innumerable. Fruit is used as a mildla%ative, for intestinal
ailments,biliary disorders, cardiac ailments,scurvy, throat
infection, as anti-poisoning, against leprosy combinedwith other
products, pounded bar+against s+in infection and dressingof wounds,
gall bladder disorders,haemorrhoids etc.
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8menity plantations, along roads,
river ban+s, village s>uares andbac+yards.
Conservation
5his widely distributed species is not
currently of conservation concern.
Chamaecrista mimosoides
Description
8nnual or short-lived perennial herb,
subshrub or suffrutescent, with woodybase.
"tem erect, sometimes diffuse,pithy, woody at base, hairless or
minutely
hairy orprostrate but more commonly
growing as an erect subshrub. Leaves
9ompound and altenate, to 1#cm long and
1.$cm wide, petioles always bear a gland
below the bottom pair of leaflets. Leaflets
small, asymmetric and blunt at ape%.
6umerous, up to # pairs per leaf.
"ometimes leaves !- cm, with an
orbicular, discoid, sessile gland in upper
part of petiole, below lowest pair ofleaflets< stipules
persistent, linear-subulate,
!- mm, with conspicuous longitudinal
veins< rachis not canaliculate, sparsely
pubescent< leaflets sessile, #-$#(-#)
pairs, reddish brown when dry, linear-
falcate, '-! 1 mm, midvein near upper
margin of blade, very une>ually sided, base
obli>uely truncate, ape% acute, mucronate.
&nflorescence "olitary and a%illary with 1-
' flowers in an a%il on slender pedicelsabout 1cm long. Flower
Gellow and
few. Flowers supra-a%illary, mostly solitary,
sometimes or ' together in a very short
raceme< bracts and bracteoles similar to
stipules but latter smaller. "epals
lanceolate, !- mm, ape% acute. etals
bright yellow, une>ual, obovate to orbicular,
e>ual to or slightly longer thansepals,
shortly clawed. "tamens 1#, alternately $
shorter and $ longer
