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Bucayo

Erythrina fusca Lour.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Erythrina

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Bucayo: Erythrina fusca ; (ngatae fisi) in Tonga
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Common names

By language (16)
arz
اريثرينا فوسكا
ban
Canging
Bangla
কাঁটা মান্দার
Chinese
褐花刺桐, 布卡刺桐
English
Bucayo
Indonesian
Cangkring, Dadap duri
Japanese
ナガハデイゴ
Javanese
Cangkring, Dhadhap ri
Malay
Dedap duri, Cangkering, Cengkering
Persian
فردوسی ارغوانی
Portuguese
Açacurana
Quechua
Mayu amasisa
Sundanese
Cangkring, Dadap cucuk
Thai
ทองหลางน้ำ
Ukrainian
Ерітрина бура
Vietnamese
Đậu san hô đỏ

Synonyms

  • Corallodendron fuscum (Lour.) Kuntze
  • Corallodendron glaucum (Willd.) Kuntze
  • Corallodendron ovalifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Corallodendron patens (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Kuntze
  • Duchassaingia glauca (Willd.) Walp.
  • Duchassaingia ovalifolia (Roxb.) Walp.
  • Erythrina afra Blanco
  • Erythrina argentea Blume ex Miq.
  • Erythrina atrosanguinea Ridl.
  • Erythrina caffra Blanco
  • Erythrina fusca var. inermis Pulle
  • Erythrina fusca var. inermis (Pulle) Rock
  • Erythrina glauca Willd.
  • Erythrina moelebei Guillaumin & Beauv.
  • Erythrina moelebei Vieill. ex Guillaumin & Beauvis.
  • Erythrina ovalifolia Roxb.
  • Erythrina patens Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Erythrina picta Blanco
  • Gelala aquatica Rumph.
  • Gelala aquatica Rumphius

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

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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.