PRIDE OF
BARBADOS,
Family:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
This is an evergreen prickly shrub with
beautiful red, orange or yellow flowers with slit petals
on stalks in terminal racemes. The leaves are
deciduous. Very decorative hedges can be made with this
plant, which loves sunshine. It has extended roots
enabling it to grow in poor soil. A valuable garden
plant.
The flowers, leaves bark and roots have been used
in home remedies.
Click Here
for more Antigua Flora
|
