Erythrina fusca
Coral Bean
Also known as: Corallodendron fuscum (Lour.) Kuntze +15 more
- Corallodendron fuscum (Lour.) Kuntze
- Corallodendron glaucum (Willd.) Kuntze
- Corallodendron ovalifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Corallodendron patens (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Kuntze
- Duchassaingia glauca (Willd.) Walp.
- Duchassaingia ovalifolia (Roxb.) Walp.
- Erythrina argentea Blume ex Miq.
- Erythrina atrosanguinea Ridl.
- Erythrina fusca var. inermis Pulle
- Erythrina fusca var. inermis Rock
- Erythrina glauca Willd.
- Erythrina moelebei Vieill. ex Guillaumin & Beauvis.
- Erythrina ovalifolia Roxb.
- Erythrina patens Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Erythrina picta Blanco
- Gelala aquatica Rumph.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Fabaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a tree.
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Erythrina fusca (commonly known as Coral-Bean) is a tree belonging to the Fabaceae family. Indigenous to Africa, Tropical Asia, Australasia, the Pacific, and South America, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Tree
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, East Tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Northern South America, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, Southwestern Pacific, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, C. American Pacific Is., Cambodia, Caroline Is., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jawa, Laos, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Surinam, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is.
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Cameroon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Uganda, Zambia