Fabaceae

Ivory coral tree

Erythrina speciosa Andrews

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Erythrina

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Ivory coral tree (Erythrina speciosa) — FlowerPhoto: lcsvoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: حمرية جميلة
arz: حمريه جميله
Chinese: 象牙花
English: Ivory coral tree

Synonyms

Corallodendron reticulatum (C.Presl) Kuntze
Erythrina poianthes Brot.
Erythrina poianthes var. subinermis Lindl.
Erythrina poyanthes Brot. ex Tilloch & Taylor
Erythrina reticulata C.Presl
Erythrina speciosa var. rosea N.F.Mattos
Micropteryx reticulata (C.Presl) Walp.
Stenotropis berteroi Hassk.

Flowers

In flower: June to September (from 411 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: lcsvoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ronaldo Pedrão, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Henrique Bitencourt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Lokionly, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bruno_san1409, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: ShineB, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: belinhagamer134, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Iris Iris, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Editorial J from Porto Alegre, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yasmin Ferreira Castelubi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.