As recorded for Purple Coraltree
Erythrina fusca
Purple Coraltree কাঁটা মান্দার
Bengali name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, West Bengal
- Flowering
- January-May
Purple Coraltree in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | কাঁটা মান্দার | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Bengali
- কাঁটা মান্দার
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. America, Tanzania (Pemba) to W. Pacific.
- Recorded habitat
- Mostly planted and in wild along banks of rivers
- Explore nearby plants
- Karnataka →West Bengal →
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How to identify Purple Coraltree
Identify Purple Coraltree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, West Bengal.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Erythrina fusca
- Genus
- Erythrina
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Mostly planted and in wild along banks of rivers
- Habitat type
- Wetland, Cultivated
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, West Indies and America
- Found in India
- Karnataka, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Purple Coraltree itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Its legume pods reach 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length and contain dark brown seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Purple Coraltree itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Purple Coraltree
Purple coraltree (Erythrina fusca) is a tree in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and West Bengal. It grows in mostly planted and in wild along banks of rivers. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Purple Coraltree belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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