erythrina

1. Any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds;
   Cultivated as an ornamental (synset 112548243)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • cape kafferboom, erythrina caffra, kaffir boom - small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
   • coral bean tree, erythrina corallodendrum - deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
   • ceibo, common coral tree, cry-baby tree, crybaby tree, erythrina crista-galli - small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
   • erythrina lysistemon, kaffir boom, transvaal kafferboom - small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
   • erythrina indica, erythrina variegata, indian coral tree - small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
   • cork tree, erythrina vespertilio - prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
   belongs to: genus erythrina - genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers
   same as: coral tree

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