Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd.

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Family : FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)

Synonym : Poinciana coriaria Jacq.

Common Names : American sumac, Dividivi plant

Flowering Period : September-March

Distribution : Native of the West Indies and Central America

Habitat : Planted as avenue tree

Uses : Red dye yielding, tannin source, firewood

Key Characters :

Trees; branchlets warty. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; stipules minute; rachis, slender, pulvinate; pinnae 8-16 pairs, subopposite , slender, pubescent; leaflets 24-44, sessile, opposite. Flowers bisexual, creamy, in axillary and terminal panicles; calyx tube campanulate, short; petals 5, ovate-orbicular, clawed subequal; stamens 10, declinate; filaments subequal, basally villous; ovary half inferior, stipitate, glabrous; style suberect; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod; twisted.