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Erythrina corallodendron

red bean tree

Other common names
West Indian coral tree
Synonyms
Botanical details
Family
Fabaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Erythrina

Genus description

Erythrina can be deciduous or evergreen subshrubs, shrubs or trees, often spiny, with trifoliate leaves and showy pea-like flowers which may be solitary, or in axillary or terminal racemes

Name status

Correct

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