poinciana

Etymology
Modern Latin: after M. de Poinci, a 17th-century governor of the Antilles + -ana.

Noun

 * 1) A tropical tree,, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant.
 * 2) A tropical shrub,, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the Americas and now widely cultivated as an ornamental.
 * 1) A tropical shrub,, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the Americas and now widely cultivated as an ornamental.