Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Common names: Barbadoes Flower-fence

Genus: Poinciana

Species: Poinciana pulcherrima

Class: Decandria

Order: Monogynia

Authority: Linnaeus

Modern Genus: Caesalpinia

Modern Species: Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Modern Family: Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae. Also placed in Caesalpiniaceae.

Plant Type: shrub or small tree

Color: orange-red or yellow-orange

Season: Tropical, "Cannot be preserved out of the stove."

Native Region: "Although common in the West Indies, but it was probably imported into Barbadoes from the Cape de Verd Islands."

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum