Kembang Merak

Kembang Merak

Every morning I drove my son to school, we are always seeing the exotic flower with orange color, so very nice to looked. The name of flower is "Kembang Merak" or in English name is Peacock flower. The flower growing at the garden of school. Kembang merak is one of popular flower in Indonesia. This flower is including in the pea family, Fabaceae. That is native tropic and sub tropics of trees.

Common names for this species include Poinciana, Mexican Bird of Paradise, Pride of Barbados, flamboyan-de-jardin, Red Bird of Paradise and Dwarf Poinciana. Peacock flower have two kind of color: orange and yellow.

Below is more pictures of tree:

 

 

Scientific classification of Peacock flower:
Kingdom:     Plantae
       :     Angiosperms
       :     Eudicots
       :     Rosids
Order:     Fabales
Family:     Fabaceae
Genus:     Caesalpinia
Species:     C. pulcherrima
Binomial name:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Synonyms: Poinciana pulcherrima L.

#Kembang Merak (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

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