Fabaceae
Common Coral tree
Erythrina lysistemon
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
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Common names
By language (9)
- Afrikaans
- Koraalboom, Kafferboom
- Chinese
- 黑刺桐
- English
- Common Coral tree, Sacred Coral-tree, Lucky bean tree
- Northern Sotho
- Mophete
- Southern Sotho
- Mokhungwane
- Tswana
- Mophete
- ve
- Muvhale
- Xhosa
- Umsintsi
- Zulu
- Umsinsi
Synonyms
- Erythrina afra var. mossambicensis Baker f.
- Erythrina caffra var. mossambicensis Baker f.
Photos
Photo: Venturia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, 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.