Erythrina speciosa
Erythrina speciosa Andrews
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 5.0 m
- wide
- 3.5 m
Fabaceae
Formerly Corallodendron reticulatum, Erythrina poianthes, Erythrina reticulata, Micropteryx reticulata, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- BrazilKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Botanic Gardens of South Australia, one source
- Height
- 4.0 m to 6.0 mRead from Botanic Gardens of South Australia, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 m to 4.0 mRead from Botanic Gardens of South Australia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Botanic Gardens of South Australia, one source
- Flowers
- RedRead from Botanic Gardens of South Australia, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 象牙花
- Simplified Chinese
- 象牙花
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Botanic Gardens of South Australia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Erythrina speciosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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