Fabaceae
Coral erythrina
Erythrina corallodendron
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 龍牙花, 龙牙花, 乔木刺桐, 珊瑚刺桐, 珊瑚树, 象牙红, 龙芽花
- English
- Coral erythrina
- Hebrew
- אלמוגן רחב עלים
- Indonesian
- Tjengkarang, Tjengkaring
- Russian
- Эритрина коралловое дерево
Synonyms
- Corallodendron aculeatum Medik.
- Corallodendron australe Kuntze
- Corallodendron occidentale (L.) Kuntze
- Erythrina corallifera Salisb.
- Erythrina corallodendron var. bicolor Krukoff
- Erythrina corallodendron var. connata Krukoff
- Erythrina corallodendron var. occidentalis L.
- Erythrina corallodendrum L.
- Erythrina inermis Mill.
- Erythrina spinosa Mill.
- Piscidia corallodendrum Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: State Government Photographer, CC0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.