Fabaceae

Flame coral tree

Erythrina americana Mill.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Erythrina

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Flame coral tree (Erythrina americana) — FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: حمرية أمريكية
Bulgarian: Коралова еритрина
English: Flame coral tree, Naked coral tree
nah: Tzompancuahuitl
Persian: فردوسی آمریکایی, فردوسی آتشی
Russian: Эритрина коралловидная
Spanish: Colorin

Synonyms

Corallodendron americanum (Mill.) Kuntze
Corallodendron corallodes (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Kuntze
Corallodendron roseum (A.Dietr.) Kuntze
Erythrina carnea Aiton
Erythrina coralloides Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Erythrina enneandra DC.
Erythrina fulgens Loisel.
Erythrina laeta Dehnh.
Erythrina rosea A.Dietr.

Flowers

In flower: January to April (from 178 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Cliff Tyllick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Claudia Ramírez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gerardolagunes, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Felix E. Guerrero, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: raul alejandro hasenbalg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Hernán García Crespo from DF, Mexico, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Quefrio Ozu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Fretamoza, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.