Hawaiian name:Ohai-Ali'i
Botanical name:Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Common name: Dwarf PoincianaIDENTITY:
A hardy, handsome bush or small tree, which bears clusters of fiery red and yellow flowers with conspicuously long stamens; so named as the wearing of these colors was reserved for the Hawaiian royalty, the "Ali'i." It is also the sacred flower of Siva, the Hindu God.
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