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Genus: Erythrina
Life
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Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae
About 130 species, occurring in warm regions of the world, with
nine species native to
southern Africa, two species naturalised, and a further 10 species and two hybrids that are cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Erythrina acanthocarpa
Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa > Eastern
Cape |
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Erythrina caffra (Coastal
coral-tree)
Kuskoraalboom [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern
Africa: South Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal; Mozambique |
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Erythrina decora (Namib
coral-tree)
Namib-koraalboom [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia |
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Erythrina
humeana (Dwarf coral-tree)
Kleinkoraalboom [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Lesotho;
Swaziland; Mozambique |
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Erythrina latissima (Broad-leaved
coral-tree)
Breëblaarkoraalboom [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland;
Zimbabwe |
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Erythrina livingstoniana (Aloe
coral tree, Mozambique coral-tree) Distribution in southern Africa: Zimbabwe;
Mozambique |
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Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred
coral tree, Common coral-tree)
Gewone koraalboom [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West,
Limpopo; Swaziland; Botswana; Zimbabwe; Mozambique |
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Erythrina mendesii
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia;
Botswana |
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Erythrina zeyheri
Ploegbreker [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng,
North West; Lesotho |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of southern Africa (POSA)
- an online checklist (SANBI).
Erythrina abyssinica (Red-hot-poker coral-tree, Ethiopian coral tree)
Distribution in southern Africa: Botswana; Zimbabwe; Mozambique |
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Erythrina crista-galli
(Cockspur coral tree) Native from Brazil to Argentina. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Gauteng; Swaziland |
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Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Erythrina atitlanensis
Native to Guatemala. |
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Erythrina baumii
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Erythrina breviflora
Native to Mexico. |
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Erythrina corallodendron (West
Indian coral tree)
Native to southern USA. |
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Erythrina falcata
Native from Peru to Argentina. |
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Erythrina fusca
Native to tropical regions. |
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Erythrina pallida
Native to Venezuela and the West Indies. |
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Erythrina poeppigiana
Native to Panama and Bolivia. |
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Erythrina senegalensis
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Erythrina speciosa
Native to Brazil. |
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Erythrina x johnsoniae |
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Erythrina x sykesii |
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Herbivores in southern Africa
Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Nkonki, T., Glen, H.F., Swelankomo, N.,
Jordaan, M., Germishuizen, G. & Moteetee, A. 2003. Fabaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 472-559. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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Coates Palgrave, K. (edited Coates Palgrave,
M.) 2002. Trees of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape
Town.
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