About Eastern Coral Bean
Erythrina herbacea, commonly known as the Eastern Coralbean, Cherokee Bean, Mamou in South Louisiana, Red Cardinal, or Cardinal Spear is a flowering shrub or small tree found throughout the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; it has also been reported from parts of Central America and, as an introduced species, from Pakistan. Various other systematic names have been used for this plant in the past, including Erythrina arborea, Erythrina hederifolia, Erythrina humilis, Erythrina rubicunda, Corallodendron herbaceum and Xyphanthus hederifolius.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Erythrina herbacea
- Genus
- Erythrina
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
Local Names
- Malayalam
- എറിത്രീന ഹെർബസീ, കോറൽ ബീൻ, ചെറോക്കീ ബീൻ, തെക്കൻ ലൂസിയാനയിൽ മാമൗ പ്ലാൻറ്, റെഡ് കാർഡിനൽ, കാർഡിനൽ സ്പീയർ
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Eastern Coral Bean belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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