#subfamily_Caesalpinioideae__Caesalpinioideae alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
supertype: #rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily a family of dicotyledonous plants
member of: #family_Leguminosae
member: #genus_Caesalpinia__Caesalpinia small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana
member: #Caesalpinia_bonduc__bonduc__bonduc_tree__Caesalpinia_bonducella tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries
member: #Caesalpinia_coriaria__divi-divi small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin
member: #Mysore_thorn__Caesalpinia_decapetala__Caesalpinia_sepiaria spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers
member: #peachwood__brazilwood__pernambuco_wood__Caesalpinia_echinata tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
member: #brazilian_ironwood__brazilianironwood__Caesalpinia_ferrea thornless tree yielding heavy wood
member: #poinciana__bird_of_paradise__Caesalpinia_gilliesii__Poinciana_gilliesii a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
member: #pride_of_barbados__paradise_flower__flamboyant_tree__Caesalpinia_pulcherrima__Poinciana_pulcherrima tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
member: #subgenus_Poinciana__Poinciana small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications
member: #genus_Acrocarpus__Acrocarpus small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia
member: #shingle_tree__shingletree__Acrocarpus_fraxinifolius East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes
member: #genus_Bauhinia__Bauhinia mountain ebony, orchid tree
member: #Bauhinia_monandra__butterfly_flower__butterflyflower shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink purple-streaked flowers
member: #mountain_ebony__orchid_tree__Bauhinia_variegata small East Indian tree having orchidlike flowers and hard dark wood
member: #genus_Brachystegia__Brachystegia small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:
member: #msasa__Brachystegia_speciformis small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers
member: #genus_Cassia some Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista
member: #cassia any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
member: #genus_Ceratonia__Ceratonia carobs
member: #carob_bean_tree__carob__carob_tree__carobtree__algarroba__Ceratonia_siliqua evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
member: #genus_Cercidium__Cercidium spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde
member: #genus_Chamaecrista__Chamaecrista genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods; some species placed in genus Cassia
member: #partridge_pea__partridgepea__sensitive_pea__sensitivepea__wild_sensitive_plant__Chamaecrista_fasciculata__Cassia_fasciculata tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
member: #genus_Delonix__Delonix evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India
member: #royal_poinciana__royalpoinciana__flamboyant__flame_tree__flametree__peacock_flower__peacockflower__Delonix_regia__Poinciana_regia showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
member: #genus_Gleditsia__Gleditsia deciduous trees: honey locusts
member: #water_locust__waterlocust__swamplocust__gleditsiaaquatica honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
member: #honey_locust__honeylocust__gleditsiatriacantho tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World
member: #genus_Gymnocladus__Gymnocladus small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods
member: #Kentucky_coffee_tree__bonduc__chicot__Gymnocladus_dioica handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
member: #genus_Haematoxylum__Haematoxylum__Haematoxylon__genus_Haematoxylon small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
member: #logwood_tree__logwoodtree__logwood__campeachy__bloodwood_tree__bloodwoodtree__Haematoxylum_campechianum spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
member: #genus_Parkinsonia__Parkinsonia small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
member: #Jerusalem_thorn__horsebean__Parkinsonia_aculeata large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
member: #palo_verde__Parkinsonia_florida__Cercidium_floridum densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
member: #genus_Petteria__Petteria 1 species: Dalmatian laburnum
member: #Dalmatian_laburnum__Petteria_ramentacea__Cytisus_ramentaceus erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus
member: #genus_Senna genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia
member: #senna any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
member: #wild_senna__Senna_marilandica__Cassia_marilandica North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
member: #sicklepod__Senna_obtusifolia__Cassia_tora cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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