Trees & Plants

Indian coral tree

Faiy kurehi, Berebedhi

Erythrina variegata L.

Planted in farming areas An ornamental tree with soft wood. in The tree is commonly used as a support for vine crops, shade tree and live fence posts. The leaves are useful as a fodder and ets green manure. In traditional medicine, the leaves form a remedy for diseases of the uri

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uses: An ornamental tree with soft wood. in The tree is commonly used as a support for vine crops, shade tree and live fence posts. The leaves are useful as a fodder and ets green manure. In traditional medicine, the leaves form a remedy for diseases of the urinary tract, inflammations, tooth-ache, rheumatism and joint pains. in NARAHDISAS .N/OAF
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Chirocalyx candolleanus Walp., Chirocalyx divaricatus Walp.
description: Deciduous trees; bark yellowish or greenish-grey, smooth, peeling offin Th for papery flakes; branches with black prickles, deciduous. Leaves trifoliate, alternate; rachis 17-21 cm, slender, pulvinate, leaflets × 10-13 8-13 cm, widely ovate, rhomboid or deltoid-ovate, base truncate or obtuse, apex acuminate; 3 ribbed from base; lateral nerves 4-7 pairs. Flowers bright red, in dense racemes. Calyx spathaceous, oblique, recurved, split to the base on one side, 5-toothed at the tip. Petals 5, sessile, standard × 6.5 2.5 cm, oblong-elliptic, apex obtuse, × × wings 1.5 1 cm, obovate, keel 1.5 1.7 cm, oblong-falcate. Stamens 10, monadelphous, alternately longer and shorter. Fruit a pod 15-30.5 cm, constricted between seeds, dehiscent; seeds 6-8.
native range: Asia-Pacific region and Eastern Africa
distribution: Asia-Pacific and Africa
english names: Indian coral tree · Tiger’s claw
flowering fruiting: March – April
occurrence maldives: Planted in farming areas