Fabaceae

Pride of Burma

Amherstia nobilis Wall.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Amherstia

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Pride of Burma: Arguably the most beautiful of flowering tropical trees, " Queen of Flowering Trees " . The extravagant bright crimson red flowers are seen hanging from the lon — FlowerPhoto: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

Bangla: উর্বশী
Burmese: သော်ကပင်
Chinese: 瓔珞木, 华贵璎珞木
Croatian: Toha drvo
Czech: Amherstie vznešená
English: Pride of Burma, Soka, Thaw-Ka
Indonesian: Cecekeran
Malayalam: ശിംശപാവൃക്ഷം
Marathi: उर्वशी
Persian: گل سرسبد برمه

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
FlowerPhoto: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
FlowerPhoto: Soon Hee Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
FlowerPhoto: deborah becot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
FlowerPhoto: Prof.Reddy KB, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Fruit: podPhoto: Massimo Lusardi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Whole plantPhoto: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / CC-BY-SA-3., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Fruit: podPhoto: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: Toni Serra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.