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Its common names include "flame tree" (one of several species given this name), peacock flower, [4] royal poinciana, [4] flamboyant, [4] phoenix flower, [citation needed] flame of the forest. [ citation needed ] The name poinciana comes from a genus it was once placed in named Poinciana after Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy , a French noble ...
Peltophorum pterocarpum (commonly known as copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame) [3] is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical areas from Indo-China to northern Australia. It produces masses of golden flowers in the summer, making it a popular ornamental tree around the world.
Alloxylon flammeum, commonly known as the Queensland tree waratah or red silky oak; Brachychiton acerifolius, Illawarra flame tree; Butea monosperma, Flame in the woods; Delonix regia, Royal poinciana; Embothrium coccineum, Chilean flame tree, also known as Chilean firebush; Erythrina abyssinica, flame tree of eastern and southern Africa
It contains trees that are native to Madagascar and East Africa. By far the best known species is the Royal Poinciana ( D. regia ). The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words δηλος ( delos ), meaning "evident," and ονυξ ( onyx ), meaning "claw," referring to the petals . [ 5 ]
Flamboyant details are found in the chapel, the doorways, windows, tower, and roof-line. [28] A late example of Flamboyant civil architecture in France is the Parlement de Normandie, now the Palais de Justice of Rouen (1499–1528), which has slender, crocketed pinnacles and lucarnes terminated with fleurons.
That is because the soil of volcanic origin is very fertile, and the climate is warm and humid. [3] Among the trees of these islands that stand out are the coconut tree, the breadfruit, the casuarina, the banana, the ceiba, the banyan, the ilang-ilang, the polynesian chestnut, the flamboyant and the Caribbean pine.
In Mockingjay – Part 1, the song has the same origin, but is utilised as a symbol for the rebellion (with "necklace of rope" changed to "necklace of hope") in one of the movie's most powerful ...
The name is of South American (more specifically Tupi-Guarani) origin, meaning fragrant. [3] The word jacaranda was described in A supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopædia, 1st ed., (1753) as "a name given by some authors to the tree the wood of which is the log-wood, used in dyeing and medicine" and as being of Tupi-Guarani origin, [4] [5] by way of Portuguese. [6]