Fabaceae

Erythrina edulis Triana ex Micheli

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Erythrina

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Erythrina edulis (Erythrina edulis) — FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: حمرية حلوة
Persian: فردوسی آند
Quechua: Pisunay, Pasullu, Pisonay, Sach'a purutu, Sacha poroto, Sacha purutu
Spanish: Balu, Balú, Sacha poroto

Synonyms

Erythrina esculenta Sprague
Erythrina lorenoi J.F.Macbr.
Erythrina megistophylla Diels

Flowers

In flower: August to October, December to January (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Romero Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrés Romero Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Mesa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.