Erythrina crista-galli
Common name
coral tree
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Similar taxa
Small to medium-sized deciduous tree, usually with prickly stems, differing from E. xsykesii, in the elliptic to ovate-elliptic glabrose leaves 6-12-(18) cm long, the terminal glabrose inflorescence, and the dark red flowers with the keel almost as long as the standard and the wings scarcely exceeding the calyx. (Webb et al. 1995)
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Year naturalised
1994
Origin
Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
Etymology
erythrina: From the Greek erythros ‘red’, referring to the colour of the flowers
crista-galli: A cock’s comb