small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications
source: WordNet 3.0
a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
source: WordNet 3.0
A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
