Fabaceae
Peltophorum
Peltophorum pterocarpum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Peltophorum
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Common names
By language (18)
- Bangla
- কনকচূড়া
- Burmese
- စိန်ပန်းဝါ
- Cantonese
- 閉莢木
- Chinese
- 盾柱木, 双翅果, 双翼豆, 银珠, 翅果木, 閉筴木, 黃焰木, 黄火焰树
- English
- Peltophorum, Yellow flame tree, Yellow ponciana
- Filipino
- Siar
- German
- Gelber Flammenbaum
- Gujarati
- તામ્રસિંગી, સોનમહોર, પેલ્ટાફોરમ
- Indonesian
- Soga
- mad
- Lampennang
- Malay
- Pokok Jemerlang Laut
- Malayalam
- ചരക്കൊന്ന
- Marathi
- ताम्रवृक्ष
- shn
- ယွႆးယုင်းလိူင်, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇယွႆးယုင်းလိူင်
- Spanish
- Arbol llama amarilla, Flamboyan amarillo, Flamboyan dorado, Flamboyán amarillo, Flamboyán dorado, Árbol llama amarilla
- Tamil
- பெருங்கொன்றை
- Thai
- นนทรี
- Vietnamese
- Lim xẹt, Lim sét
Synonyms
- Baryxylum ferrugineum (Decne.) F.N.Williams
- Baryxylum inerme Pierre
- Brasilettia ferruginea (Decne.) Kuntze
- Caesalpinia arborea Zoll. ex Miq.
- Caesalpinia ferruginea Decne.
- Caesalpinia glenieii Thwaites
- Caesalpinia inerme Roxb.
- Caesalpinia inermis Roxb.
- Caesalpinia kilaroe Span.
- Caesalpinia macklottii Zipp. ex Miq.
- Caesalpinia roxburghii D.Dietr.
- Inga pterocarpa DC.
- Inga pterocarpum DC.
- Peltophorum ferrugineum (Decne.) Benth.
- Peltophorum inerme Náves ex Fern.-Vill.
- Peltophorum roxburghii (G.Don) O.Deg.
- Poinciana roxburghii G.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shurmodm Bureytom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sindugab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abdul Hanif Arromy, CC BY 4.0, 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.