Fabaceae

Flamboyant

Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Delonix

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Flamboyant (Delonix regia) — FlowerPhoto: Lucas Kaminski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (52)

Arabic: رنف ملكي, بونسيانة, زهر الجنة, شجرة البوانسيانا, شجرة البونسيانا
arz: بونسيانا
Assamese: কৃষ্ণচূড়া
Bangla: কৃষ্ণচূড়া, গুলমোহর
Bulgarian: Огнено дърво
Burmese: စိန်ပန်းပင်
Cantonese: 紅花楹
Catalan: Delònix, Arbre del foc, Flamboiant
Chinese: 凤凰木, 鳳凰木, 凤凰花, 火树, 红花楹, 紅花楹, 鳳凰樹, 鳳凰花
Dutch: Flamboyant, Royal poinciana
English: Flamboyant, Flame tree, Royal poinciana, Gold mohar, Flamboyan, Peacock flower, Royal peacock flower, Tabachin
Filipino: Puno ng apoy
Finnish: Liekkipuu
French: Flamboyan, Flamboyant, Gulmohur
frr: Flamenbuum
German: Flammenbaum, Feuerakazie
Greek: Δηλόνιξ η βασιλική
Haitian Creole: Pye flanbwayan
hak: Fung-fòng-su
Hebrew: צאלון נאה
Hindi: गुलमोहर
Hungarian: Tűzvirágfa, Lángfa
Indonesian: Flamboyan
Japanese: ホウオウボク, 鳳凰木
Kannada: ಗುಲ್ಮಹರ್
Korean: 봉황목
Malagasy: Alamboronala, Bonaranala, Fandrianakandra, Farafahatsa, Fengoka, Fengoky, Fengopasy, Fongo
Malay: Pokok Semarak Api
Malayalam: ഗുൽമോഹർ, Royal Poinciana, അലസിപ്പൂമരം
Marathi: गुलमोहर
Nepali: गुलमोहर
Norwegian Bokmål: Flamboyant
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flamboyant
Odia: କୃଷ୍ଣଚୂଡ଼ା
pap: Flamboyán
Persian: دلونیکس رگیا
Polish: Wianowłostka królewska, Deloniksa królewska, Płomień Afryki
Portuguese: Flamboiã, Flamboyant
Punjabi: ਗੁਲਮੋਹਰ
Russian: Делоникс королевский, Огненное дерево, Пойнциана королевская
sat: ᱠᱨᱤᱥᱱᱚᱪᱩᱲᱟ
shn: တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇယွႆးယုင်း, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇယွႆးယုင်းလႅင်, ယွႆးယုင်းလႅင်
Sindhi: گل مور
Spanish: Acacia roja, Chivato, Flamboyan, Flamboyant, Flamboyán, Framboyan, Framboyán, Ponciana real
Swedish: Flamboyant
Tamil: செம்மயிற்கொன்றை
Telugu: తురాయి, కోడిపుంజు చెట్టు
Thai: หางนกยูงฝรั่ง, Flamboyant, Gulmohar
Tongan: ʻŌhai lahi, Sesbania tomentosa
Turkish: Ateş ağacı
Ukrainian: Вогняне дерево
Vietnamese: Phượng vĩ, Hoa phượng đỏ, Phượng tây, Phượng đỏ, Royal Poinciana, Xoan tây, Điệp tây

Synonyms

Caesalpinia regia (Bojer ex Hook.) D.Dietr.
Delonix regia var. flavida Stehle
Delonix regia var. flavida Stehlé
Delonix regia var. genuina Stehlé
Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.

Flowers

In flower: April to August, October to January (from 1,121 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: orange (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Lucas Kaminski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ana Cristina Almeida, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sindhu Haridas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Averette, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Johannes Schuster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.