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Bat's wing coral tree

Erythrina vespertilio Benth.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Erythrina

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Bat's wing coral tree: Erythrina vespertilio foliage, Mount Archer National Park, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
إريثرينا فيسبيرتيليو
Chinese
蝙蝠翼珊瑚樹, 蝙蝠刺桐
English
Bat's wing coral tree
Persian
درخت چوبپنبهای خاکستری

Synonyms

  • Corallodendron vespertilio (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Erythrina vespertilio var. typica Domin

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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.