Category:Poinciana

Poin`ci*a"na, n. Etym: [nl. Named after m. de poinci, a governor of The french west indies.] (bot.)

Defn: a prickly tropical shrub (cæsalpinia, formerly poinciana, Pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red Flowers with long crimson filaments.

Note: the genus poinciana is kept up for three trees of eastern Africa, the mascarene islands, and india.