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Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred coral tree, Common coral-tree)

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Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae > Genus: Erythrina

Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred coral tree, Common coral-tree)

Erythrina lysistemon, Bunga Views, Vumba, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]
Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred coral tree, Common coral-tree)

Erythrina lysistemon, road to Nhancuco, lower slopes Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Mozambique]
Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred coral tree, Common coral-tree)

Erythrina lysistemon, Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]
Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred coral tree, Common coral-tree) Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred coral tree, Common coral-tree)

Erythrina lysistemon, road to Nhancuco, lower slopes Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Mozambique]

Two young scholars at the Main Pond in the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in late spring with Wachendorphia thyrsiflora flowering and a Coral tree (Erythrina lyistemon) in flower beyond, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]
Erythrina lysistemon (Sacred coral tree, Common coral-tree)

Male collared sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) on flowers of the Common coral tree (Erythrina lysistemon). Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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