caesalpinia

1. Small spiny tropical trees or shrubs;
   Includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana (synset 112508626)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • bonduc, bonduc tree, caesalpinia bonduc, caesalpinia bonducella - tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries
   • caesalpinia coriaria, divi-divi - small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin
   • caesalpinia decapetala, caesalpinia sepiaria, mysore thorn - spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers
   • brazilwood, caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood - tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
   • brazilian ironwood, caesalpinia ferrea - thornless tree yielding heavy wood
   • bird of paradise, caesalpinia gilliesii, poinciana, poinciana gilliesii - a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
   • caesalpinia pulcherrima, flamboyant tree, paradise flower, poinciana pulcherrima, pride of barbados - tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
   • poinciana, subgenus poinciana - small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications
   belongs to: caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
   same as: genus caesalpinia

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