flamboyant tree Fabaceae Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf. symbol: DERE Leaf: Alternate, bipinnately compound, 12 to 24 inches long, 10 to 20 pairs of major leaflets, finely divide into 25 to 35 pairs of minor leaflets, green above and paler below. Flower: Large (flamboyant) brilliant red-orange, occurring in numerous, huge terminal clusters at the ends of branches, each individual flower has 5 large, wide spreading petals (each 1 1/2 to 2 inches long), one petal streaked with white and yellow, appearing in early summer and continuing for months. Fruit: A large woody legume, 14 to 20 inches long and 2 inches wide, turning reddish brown to nearly black when ripe in late summer. Twig: Reddish brown, speckled with lighter lenticels. Bark: Smooth and gray-brown. Form: A wide spreading tree, with an umbrella-shaped crown reaching up to 40 feet tall and often wider. Looks like: jacaranda Additional Range Information: Delonix regia is planted in the USDA hardiness zones shown above and may seed into the landscape. See states reporting flamboyant tree. External Links: USDA Plants Database Horticulture © Copyright 2016, Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, all rights reserved. Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson