Plant Details

Accepted name:: Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angel sisa	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
barbados flower	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
barbados flower-fence	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
barbados pride	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
barbados-pride	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bas phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bunga merak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
camarón	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
cekkimandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cemmayirkkonrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamol	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
chana	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
channakeshava gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chekkimandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chettimandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinaturayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinnaturayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirontakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirontakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittimantarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittimantaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daung-sok	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dwarf poin- ciana	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dwarf poinciana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eejimullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eko-omode	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
flamboyan-de-jardin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flor de camarón	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
flower fence	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flower-fence	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fān hú dié	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guacamaya amarilla	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
gul-tora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guletura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guleturaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gultora	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
gulu tora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulu-tora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
himar	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hote seege	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hèviviman	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
irattinakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambul merak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiá dié huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn fèng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kanjage	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapura maddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kembang merak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kenchige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kencige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kendge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keneige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenji gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenjige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenjige mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenjigemara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenjuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittimantaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
komaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
komari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kombi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotinalal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnachuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnachura	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnachuudaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maravilha	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mayikonnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayil konnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayil-konai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayilkonnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayilkonrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayirkonrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mayirpelavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayirpelavamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayurakonnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayuramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mexican bird of paradise	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
monaramal	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
mucuppira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mucuppiramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muyarcevitakkonnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muyarcevitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nalligaane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orgueil de chine	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
padangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paidithangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pamidi tangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pamiditangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pamidithangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paradise flower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
paradise-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peacock flower	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
perumayirkonrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peydi-tangedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillicarikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillicarikaimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirayakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponmayirkkonrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pride of barbados	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pride-of-barbados	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
puccilakkonnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
påfågelsträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ratanagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathnaganchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathnagandhi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathnagantige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratna gandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratna-gabetri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratnagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ratnagandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratnaganhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red bird of paradise	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sankasur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankeshvara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankeshwara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sein-pan-gale	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
settimandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankasur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankeshvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shee mullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siak tiek hua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sidhakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sidhanasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sidheshwara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinnathuraayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinnaturayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirumayirkonrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tabachin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tabachín	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
teccimandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
techimandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuraayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
torai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsettimandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjetti-mandarum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuccimam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuccimamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ubobo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
番蝴蝶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蛱蝶花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金凤花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, leaves, seeds		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Bark, Flowers, Leaves, Root, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
barks, flowers, leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bark, leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves	fresh leaves	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
flowers		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
leaves, flower, root, bark, fruit, gum, resin		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves, fruit		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
leaf, flower		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Poinciana pulcherrima L. Sp. Pl.: 380 (1753).
Caesalpinia hispida (G.Don) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 2: 1495 (1840).
Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. flava (F.T.Hubb. & Rehder) H.St.John Pac. Trop. Bot. Gard., Mem. 1: 179 (1973).
Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. insignis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 166 (1891).
Poinciana alata Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 333 (1768).
Poinciana bijuga Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 333 (1768), nom. illeg.
Poinciana hispida G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 433 (1832).
Poinciana pulcherrima var. flava F.T.Hubb. & Rehder Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: 9 (1932).
Poinciana pulcherrima f. flava (F.T.Hubb. & Rehder) O.Deg. Fl. Hawaiiensis 169b: [s.p.] (1938).
Poinciana pulchra Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 326 (1796), nom. superfl.
Radackia amicorum Cham. & Endl. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 186 (1836).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caesalphinia pulcherrima Swartz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Caesalpinia pulcherima	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Caesalpinia pulcherimma (L.) Sw.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L. Swartz.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Swartz	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.)Sw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linn.) Sw.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linnaeus) Swartz	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima L. Sw.	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima Sw.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Caesalpinia pulcherrima Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Poinciana pulcherrima L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Poinciana pulcherrima Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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