凤凰木Delonix regia

中文名(Chinese Name):凤凰木
学名(Scientific Name):Delonix regia (Boj.) Raf.
英文名(English Common Name):royal poinciana
别名(Chinese Common Name):红花楹
异名(Synonym):Delonix regia var. flavida Stehlé
科属(Family & Genus):云实科,Caesalpiniaceae凤凰木属
形态特征(Description):高大落叶乔木,无刺,高达20余米,胸径可达1米;树皮粗糙,灰褐色;树冠扁圆形,分枝多而开展;小枝常被短柔毛并有明显的皮孔。叶为二回偶数羽状复叶,长20-60厘米,具托叶;下部的托叶明显地羽状分裂,上部的成刚毛状;叶柄长7-12厘米,光滑至被短柔毛,上面具槽,基部膨大呈垫状;羽片对生,15-20对,长达5-10厘米;小叶25对,密集对生,长圆形,长4-8毫米,宽3-4毫米,两面被绢毛,先端钝,基部偏斜,边全缘;中脉明显;小叶柄短。伞房状总状花序顶生或腋生;花大而美丽,直径7-10厘米,鲜红至橙红色,具4-10厘米长的花梗;花托盘状或短陀螺状;萼片5,里面红色,边缘绿黄色;花瓣5,匙形,红色,具黄及白色花斑,长5-7厘米,宽3.7-4厘米,开花后向花萼反卷,瓣柄细长,长约2厘米;雄蕊10枚;红色,长短不等,长3-6厘米,向上弯,花丝粗,下半部被绵毛,花药红色,长约5毫米;子房长约1.3厘米,黄色,被柔毛,无柄或具短柄,花柱长3-4厘米,柱头小,截形。荚果带形,扁平,长30-60厘米,宽3.5-5厘米,稍弯曲,暗红褐色,成熟时黑褐色,顶端有宿存花柱;种子20-40颗,横长圆形,平滑,坚硬,黄色染有褐斑,长约15毫米,宽约7毫米。花期6-7月,果期8-10月。
分布(Distribution):原产马达加斯加,世界热带地区常栽种。
用途(Use):本种在我国南方城市的植物园和公园栽种颇盛,作为观赏树或行道树。树冠扁圆而开展,枝叶密茂,花大而色泽鲜艳,盛开时红花与绿叶相映,色彩夺目,特别艳丽,故名凤凰木。
引自植物志英文版:FOC Vol. 10 Page 40     
Delonix regia (Bojer) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 92. 1837.
凤凰木 feng huang mu | Fabaceae  | Delonix
Poinciana regia Bojer, Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2884. 1829.
Trees, deciduous, large, to 20 m tall. Bark grayish brown, rough; crown hemispherical. Branches numerous, spreading; branchlets puberulent, with conspicuous lenticels. Leaves 20-60 cm; stipules in lower part conspicuously pinnatipartite, in upper part setiform; petiole 7-12 cm, glabrous to puberulent, sulcate, inflated at base; petiolules short; pinnae opposite, 15-20 pairs, 5-10 cm; leaflets 25 pairs, crowded, opposite, oblong, 4-8 × 3-4 mm, midvein conspicuous, both surfaces silky, base oblique, margin entire, apex obtuse. Corymbose racemes termi­nal or axillary. Flowers bright red to orange-red, 7-10 cm in diam.; pedicels 4-10 cm. Receptacle discoid or shortly turbi­nate. Sepals reddish inside, margin greenish yellow. Petals re­flexed after anthesis, red, tinged with yellow and white spotted, spatulate, 5-7 × 3.7-4 cm; claw long, ca. 2 mm, slender. Sta­mens curved upward, red, unequal in length, 3-6 cm; filaments thick, woolly in lower part; anthers red, ca. 5 mm. Ovary ca. 1.3 cm; stigma small. Legume dark reddish brown, blackish brown when mature, slightly curved, 30-60 × 3.5-5 cm, apex with persistent style. Seeds 20-40, yellowish tinged with brown spots, ca. 15 × 7 mm, smooth, hard. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct.
Cultivated in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan [na­tive to Madagascar; often cultivated in the tropics].
This species is widely cultivated in botanical gardens and city parks in S China as an ornamental tree. The resin is soluble in water. The wood is light, soft, and springy, with a special grain, and is used for craft materials.
凤凰木Delonix regia

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