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Erythrostemon gilliesii (bird-of-paradise; bird-of-paradise shrub; Mexican bird of paradise; paradise caesalpinia; paradise poinciana; Bird of Paradise; Poinciana; Barba De Chivo; Caesalpinia; Disciplina De Monja; Espiga De Amor; Lagana De Perro; Mal De Ojos; Mal De Perro; Piscala)

Synonyms: Caesalpinia gilliesii (homotypic); Caesalpinia macrantha; Poinciana gilliesii (homotypic); Poinciania gilliesii; Prosopis gillesii (homotypic)
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Early Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Fire Tolerance [2]  None
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  10 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Single Stem
Growth Period [2]  Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Hazards [3]  The green seed pods are severely irritating to the digestive tract;
Leaf Type [3]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  60000 / lb (132277 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Rey National Park II 110298 Salta, Argentina

Predators

Charaxes sempronius <Unverified Name>[4]
Philephedra parvula[5]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0