Mazhar Botanic Garden

Erythrostemon gilliesii (Hook.) Klotzsch

Desert Bird of Paradise

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001227
Common name: Desert Bird of Paradise
English name: Yellow Bird of Paradise
Arabic name: سيزالبينيا جلليسياي
Native: Chile, Uruguay
Country: Chile Uruguay
(PGR): Rare

Semi-evergreen, fast growing shrub up to 3-5 m tall leaves bipinnate, delicate, fern-like, with small oblong leaflets flowers bright yellow with 10 prominent, long scarlet stamens borne in terminal racemes pods flattened, bean-like legumes

Ornamental shrub. Attracting hummingbirds,  butterflies, bees, and other insects . Medicinal plant. Landscaping. forms root nodules with nitrogin-fixing bacteria, benefiting nearby plant. yellow dye.

Caesalpinia    gilliesii (Hook)  D Dietr, Poinciana gilliesii Wall ex Hooh

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Texture: Loam Rocky  Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Arid Mediterranean
Lights: Full sun
Zone: 8 : 11
pH range: 5.6-8.5

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