Fabaceae
African coral tree
Erythrina afra
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
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Common names
By language (8)
- Afrikaans
- Kuskoraalboom
- Arabic
- حمرية جنوبة أفريقية
- arz
- حمريه جنوبه افريقيه
- Chinese
- 南非刺桐
- English
- African coral tree, Coast coral tree, Kaffir tree
- German
- Küsten-Korallenbaum
- Persian
- فردوسی ساحلی
- Urdu
- ایریتھرینا کیفرا
Synonyms
- Chirocalyx pubescens Walp.
- Corallodendron afrum (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Corallodendron caffrum (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Duchassaingia afra (Thunb.) Walp.
- Duchassaingia caffra (Thunb.) Walp.
- Erythrina caffra Thunb.
- Erythrina constantiana Micheli
- Erythrina fissa C.Presl
- Erythrina insignis Tod.
- Erythrina viarum Tod.
Photos
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Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Erythrina
- Tiger's clawErythrina variegataFabaceae
- Cockspur coral treeErythrina crista-galliFabaceae
- BucayoErythrina fuscaFabaceae
- Common Coral treeErythrina lysistemonFabaceae
- Wili wiliErythrina sandwicensisFabaceae
- ErythrinaErythrina subumbransFabaceae
- Flame coral treeErythrina americanaFabaceae
- Erythrina edulisFabaceae
- Ivory coral treeErythrina speciosaFabaceae
- Erythrina vernaFabaceae
- Erythrina buranaFabaceae
- Coral erythrinaErythrina corallodendronFabaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.