Flame of the forest is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
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Butea monosperma
''Butea monosperma'' is a species of '' Butea'' native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known as flame of the forest, Bengal kino, dhak, palash, and bastard teak. Revered as sacred by Hindus, it is ...
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Delonix regia
''Delonix regia'' is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers over summer. In many tropical part ...
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Mucuna bennettii
''Mucuna bennettii'', commonly known as New Guinea creeper, red jade vine or flame of the forest, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that is distributed from Sulawesi to Vanuatu.
The species was formally described by Victor ...
'', native to Papua New Guinea
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Pieris floribunda
''Pieris floribunda'' is a North American species of broadleaf evergreen shrub, a member of the fetterbush genus in the blueberry family (Ericaceae). It is commonly known in North America as mountain fetterbush or mountain andromeda. All parts ...
'', native to North America
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Spathodea
''Spathodea'' is a genus in the plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, ''Spathodea campanulata'', is commonly known as the African tulip tree. The tree grows between tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa. It h ...
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See also
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Flame tree (disambiguation)
Flame tree may refer to:
Common name of trees
* ''Alloxylon flammeum'', commonly known as the Queensland tree waratah or red silky oak
* '' Brachychiton acerifolius'', Illawarra flame tree
* ''Butea monosperma'', Flame in the woods
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