Erythrina crista-galli L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Photo: Mark Hyde
Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Synonyms:
Common names:	Cockspur coral-tree (English)
Description:	Small tree. Leaves 3-foliolate, ovate to lanceolate in outline, with prickles on petiole and rhachis; glandular stipels present at the base of the petiolules; Leaflets ovate-oblong, entire, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal, lax, leafy, the flowers sometimes borne in the axils of the leaves. Flowers crimson. Calyx tube as broad as long, truncate to shortly lobed, not splitting. Keel falcate, at least half as long as the standard. Seeds mottled, brown.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	crista-galli: cock's comb.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	South America, from Brazil to northern Argentina.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Friday 14 October 2011
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. (1949). Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York. Page 578. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Page 6.

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