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Erythrina crista-galli L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Erythrina L.

Erythrina crista-galli L. [Preferred name]
    Corallodendron crista-galli (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Erythrina crista-galli var. hasskarlii Backer {Synonym}
    Erythrina crista-galli var. leucochlora Lombardo {Synonym}
    Erythrina fasciculata Benth. {Synonym}
    Erythrina laurifolia Jacq. {Synonym}
    Erythrina pulcherrima Tod. {Synonym}
    Erythrina speciosa Tod. {Synonym}
    Micropteryx crista-galli Walp. {Synonym}
    Micropteryx fasciculata Walp. {Synonym}
    Micropteryx laurifolia Walp. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cockspur Coral Tree [1917, 3030, 3602, 3716]; Coral [2157]; Coral Tree [3157]; Seibo [285]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Egypt (I) [8]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [210]; Mozambique (I) [8]; Rwanda (I) [220]; South Africa (I) [8]; Sudan (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Uganda (I) [2]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
China (I) [1179, 3421]; Yunnan [3421]; India (I) [1914, 3027, 3377]; Punjab [3377]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Japan (I) [2823]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Nepal (I) [3369]; Ryukyu Is (I) [2825]; Taiwan (I) [1929, 3421]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1917]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1290, 1430]; Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Guadeloupe (I) [1790]; Martinique (I) [1790]; Puerto Rico (U) [1430]; St Vincent (I) [1790]
  Central America
Belize (U) [1242]; Costa Rica (U) [1658]; El Salvador (I) [2156]; Guatemala (U) [1386]; Mexico(North & Central) (U) [1396]; Nicaragua (I) [3348]; Panama (U) [1224, 1243, 1393]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (U) [2264]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]; Society Is (I) [2968]
  South America
Argentina (N) [285, 1218, 1385, 1386, 1388, 1391, 1393, 1394, 1396, 1445, 1508, 1530]; Bolivia (N) [285, 1386, 1396]; Brazil (N) [285, 1243, 1385, 1386, 1388, 1390, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1414, 1457, 1658]; Paraguay (N) [285, 1386, 1388, 1391, 1396]; Peru (U) [1442]; Uruguay (N) [285, 1385, 1386]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 261, 1790, 1917, 1929, 1941, 1983, 2157, 2825, 3348, 3421, 3602, 3898] ; Illustration [285, 287, 1917, 1929, 2823, 3716]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Shrub [3581], Tree [261] [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1941] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & For

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Environmental [210, 261, 2264, 2828, 2968, 3030]; Medicine [1140]; Miscellaneous [1140]; Wood [1140]

  
NOTES:
  Widely cultivated as an ornamental. []
  Native of South America widely cultivated in the tropics. [261]
  National flower of Argentina. [285]
  Native to South America. [1915]

  
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