Mazhar Botanic Garden

Erythrina livingstoniana Baker

Livingston's Coral tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000018
Common name: Livingston's Coral tree
English name: Aloe coral tree
Native: South tropical Africa
Country: Tropical africa

Medium to large tree, deciduous, leaves 3-foliate, leaflets 3-lobed, terminale lobed triangular flowers scarlet-red, in very striking terminal racemes fruit cylindric, woody, strongly constricted between the seeds

Ornamental plant. Medicinal.

Erythrina tomentosa RBr ex ARich

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Texture: Fertile Medium loamy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Coastal area
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Low water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds - cuttings
Flowering time: Winter
Zone: 10a : 10b
pH range: 6.1-7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Deciduous (tree)
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Deciduous tree
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline

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