Fabaceae
Tiger's claw
Erythrina variegata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
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Common names
By language (42)
- arz
- اريثرينا فاريجاتا
- Assamese
- মদাৰ
- Azerbaijani
- Əlvan eritrina
- ban
- Dapdap
- Bangla
- পারিজাত
- Burmese
- ပင်လယ်ကသစ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 刺桐
- Chinese
- 刺桐, 山芙蓉, 海桐皮, 納塔爾刺桐, 鸡公树, 龍牙花, 刺桐树, 刺桐花
- Dutch
- Cangkring
- English
- Tiger's claw, Indian coral tree, Sunshine tree
- Filipino
- Dapdap
- Finnish
- Kirjokorallipuu
- German
- Indischer Korallenbaum
- Gujarati
- પંગારો
- Hebrew
- אלמוגן הודי
- Indonesian
- Dadap, Cangkring
- Japanese
- デイゴ, 梯梧
- Kannada
- ಹಾಲವಾಣ
- Khmer
- រលួស
- Korean
- 자동나무
- lzh
- 刺桐
- Macedonian
- Индиско корално дрво
- mad
- Ḍhâḍḍhâ'
- Malay
- Dedap merah, Dedap batik, Dedap serap
- Malayalam
- മുരിക്ക്, മുൾമുരിക്ക്, വെൺമുരിക്ക്
- Marathi
- पांगारा
- nan
- Chhì-tông
- Persian
- فردوسی هندی
- Polish
- Erytryna zmienna
- pwn
- Vuciyulj
- Russian
- Эритрина пёстрая
- ryu
- ディーグ, ジーグ, ジーグーキ
- sat
- ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱲ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉတွင်းၼၢမ်, မႆႉတွင်း
- Slovenian
- Indijski koralnik
- Sundanese
- Dadap
- Tamil
- முள்முருக்கு, கலியாண முருங்கை, கல்யாண முருங்கை, முருக்க மரம், முள் முருக்கை, முள்முருக்க மரம்
- tcy
- ಪೊಂಗರೆದ ಮರ
- Telugu
- వాజ్యపుచెట్టు, ముల్లుమోదుగ
- Thai
- ทองหลางลาย, ต้นทองหลางลาย
- Tongan
- Ngatae
- ty
- ’atae
Synonyms
- Chirocalyx candolleanus Walp.
- Chirocalyx divaricatus (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Walp.
- Chirocalyx indicus (Lam.) Walp.
- Chirocalyx pictus (L.) Walp.
- Corallodendron divaricatum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Kuntze
- Corallodendron lobulatum (Miq.) Kuntze
- Corallodendron orientale (L.) Kuntze
- Corallodendron spathaceum (DC.) Kuntze
- Erythrina alba Cogn. & Marchal
- Erythrina alba Cogn. & Marchand
- Erythrina boninensis Tuyama
- Erythrina carnea Blanco
- Erythrina corallodendron Lour.
- Erythrina corallodendron Lam.
- Erythrina corallodendron var. orientalis L.
- Erythrina divaricata Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Erythrina fitzalanii W.Hill
- Erythrina indica Lam.
- Erythrina indica var. alba W.S.Millard & Blatt.
- Erythrina indica var. alba Blatt. & Millard
- Erythrina indica var. fastigiata Guill.
- Erythrina indica var. orientalis (L.) Merr.
- Erythrina indica var. phlebocarpa (F.M.Bailey) Domin
- Erythrina indica var. picta B. & M.
- Erythrina lobulata Miq.
- Erythrina loueiri G.Don
- Erythrina loureirii G.Don
- Erythrina loureiroi G.Don
- Erythrina marmorata Planch.
- Erythrina marmorata Veitch ex Planch.
- Erythrina marmorata Van Geert
- Erythrina orientalis (L.) Murray
- Erythrina orientalis (L.) Merr.
- Erythrina panduriformis Blume ex Miq.
- Erythrina parcelli hort.
- Erythrina parcellii W.Bull
- Erythrina parcellii Bull
- Erythrina parcellii Dombrain
- Erythrina phlebocarpa F.M.Bailey
- Erythrina picta L.
and 16 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Yu-Ju Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.