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  • COMMON NAME: Bird of paradise bush, Desert bird of paradise, Yellow bird of paradise, Barba de chivo.
  • ARABIC: سيسيلبينا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Caesalpinia gilliesii (Hook.) Dietrs.
  • SYNONYMS: Erythrostemon gilliesii (Hook.) Klotzsch
  • FAMILY: BRASSICACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Toxicity: poisonous. All seeds of Caesalpinia are poisonous. However, the seeds of some species are edible before they reach maturity (e.g. immature seeds of C. pulcherrima) or after treatment (e.g. C. bonduc after roasting) (Nelson et al., 2007).
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://worldoffloweringplants.com/caesalpinia-gilliesii/ V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Moderately salt tolerant, fuel and ornamental tree.
Unarmed, semi-deciduous to evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 3 meters high. Twigs greenish, glabrous, many below the inflorescence. Leaves long, the slender rachis 8-30cm; pinnae in 6-15 pairs of leaflets. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, the axis and pedicels densely hairy; flowers many each 2-3cm long. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals large, pale-yellow, much exceeded by the long exserted purple filaments. Style long, purple. Stigma small, truncate. Pod compressed, 5-10cm long, seeds brown, small, ovate.
Cultivated in gardens, roadsides and parks Grows in dry and salty conditions.
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