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Erythrina herbacea, commonly known as the coral bean, Cherokee bean, Mamou plant in South Louisiana, red cardinal or cardinal spear, is a flowering shrub or small tree found throughout the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; [2] it has also been reported from parts of Central America and, as an introduced species, from Pakistan.
Erythrina / ˌ ɛr ɪ ˈ θ r aɪ n ə / [4] is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 130 species , which are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. They are trees , with the larger species growing up to 30 m (98 ft) in height.
Erythrina crista-galli is a small tree, the girth of its trunk measuring 50 cm (20 in). Normally it grows 5–8 m (16–26 ft) tall, although some individuals, such as in the Argentine provinces of Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán, can grow up to 10 m (33 ft).
Erythrina edulis grows best in well-drained soils with a sandy or clayey texture and a pH ranging from 5.5 to 7. [3] Erythrina edulis is a totipotent plant and thus propagates easily. Hence, stems can be cut and planted into the soil and will sprout. Propagation can also be achieved by planting mature seeds and in most cases they germinate easily.
Erythrina caffra Thumb. (emended) Erythrina afra , the coast coral tree or African coral tree (historically also the kaffir tree ), is a tree native to southeastern Africa , which is often cultivated and has introduced populations in California and India .
Erythrina abyssinica (lucky bean or flame tree) is a tree species of the genus Erythrina belonging to the plant family of the Fabaceae (or Leguminosae) described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1825. This leguminous tree species is native to East Africa, Eastern DRC and southern Africa. In Zimbabwe its range overlaps with the similar ...
Erythrina suberosa, the corky coral tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent (except Assam), Southeast Asia (except Laos), and Peninsular Malaysia. [1] Due to its showy flowers and habit of flowering most of the year, it is often planted as an ornamental or street tree. [3]
Wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis) is a species of tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the only species of Erythrina that naturally occurs there. It is typically found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on leeward island slopes up to an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft).