Re: Caesalpinia sepiaria
>Some time ago, while we were discussing Caesalpinia gillesii (bird of
>paradise),
>Alessandra
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I looked in my Sunset Garden Book and, sure enough,
Caesalpinia is called Bird of Paradise bush..
This is another beautiful example of why common names,
although often descriptive, are botanically worthless. Bird of
Paradise here in California is Strelitzia regina.
---Chas---
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