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North America distribution zone

Height

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Ecology

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Erythrina corallodendron L.

Leguminosae

SE North America (West Indies) N South America (Trinidad and Tobago)

S[M]

hel xer

dr (flower decoction taken orally for chest ailments, stem sap applied to affected area with scorpion sting) fd ma pl tx (seeds and pods, bark contains a narcotic alkaloid)

Corallodendron occidentale (L.) Kuntze Erythrina corallifera Salisb. Erythrina corallodendron var. occidentalis L. Erythrina corallodendrum L. Erythrina similis Krukoff Erythrina spinosa Mill.

common coralbean; bean tree; coral tree (Dominica); coralbean (Trinidad and Tobago); coraltree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); cutlas bush (Jamaica); cutlass bush; Devil's tree; devils-tree (Barbados); duppy machete; Judas tree; Judas-tree (Barbados); jumbie bead; jumbie-bead (Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago); jumbie-tree (Barbados); jumby cutlass (St. Vincent); lent tree; lent-tree (Barbados); red bean tree, red-bean-tree (Jamaica); shrove tuesday; small jumbie bead (Virgin Islands); Spanish machete; wild immortelle (Trinidad and Tobago)

érythrine à corail; arbre à corail (Haiti); arbre corail; arbre coral; bois immortel (Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia); bois immortel vrai; immortel (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique); immortel vrai; immortel-pays (Guadeloupe, Martinique); immortelle, petit immortel (Guadeloupe)

amapola (Dominican Republic); arbol del coral (España); bucare, búcare, piñon espinoso (Puerto Rico)

albero del corallo (italian); Korallenbaum (german); koray (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Erythrina corallodendron L.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies) N South America (Trinidad and Tobago)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer
Use	dr (flower decoction taken orally for chest ailments, stem sap applied to affected area with scorpion sting) fd ma pl tx (seeds and pods, bark contains a narcotic alkaloid)
Synonym	Corallodendron occidentale (L.) Kuntze Erythrina corallifera Salisb. Erythrina corallodendron var. occidentalis L. Erythrina corallodendrum L. Erythrina similis Krukoff Erythrina spinosa Mill.
English name	common coralbean; bean tree; coral tree (Dominica); coralbean (Trinidad and Tobago); coraltree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); cutlas bush (Jamaica); cutlass bush; Devil's tree; devils-tree (Barbados); duppy machete; Judas tree; Judas-tree (Barbados); jumbie bead; jumbie-bead (Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago); jumbie-tree (Barbados); jumby cutlass (St. Vincent); lent tree; lent-tree (Barbados); red bean tree, red-bean-tree (Jamaica); shrove tuesday; small jumbie bead (Virgin Islands); Spanish machete; wild immortelle (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	érythrine à corail; arbre à corail (Haiti); arbre corail; arbre coral; bois immortel (Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia); bois immortel vrai; immortel (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique); immortel vrai; immortel-pays (Guadeloupe, Martinique); immortelle, petit immortel (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	amapola (Dominican Republic); arbol del coral (España); bucare, búcare, piñon espinoso (Puerto Rico)
Other name	albero del corallo (italian); Korallenbaum (german); koray (creole, Haiti)
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