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Erythrina crista-galli

Bark. Auckland. May 2007.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Seedling near adult fruiting plant, 16 Virginia Heights Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 18/04/2017, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Seedling near adult fruiting plant, glabrous; 16 Virginia Heights Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 18/04/2017, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Bason Botanic Reserve, Rapanui Road, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/04/2020, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Tree with pods; seedlings nearby.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 07/04/2020, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

coral tree

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Red/Pink

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)

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Erythrina

Family

Fabaceae

Authority

Erythrina crista-galli L.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1994

Origin

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

Other information

Etymology

erythrina: From the Greek erythros ‘red’, referring to the colour of the flowers

crista-galli: A cock’s comb

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Gardner, R. 1992. Coral trees Erythrina Papilionaceae of Auckland. Auckland Botanical Society Journal, 47: 32-35.

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