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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

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Spanish name

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Trade name

Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney

Leguminosae

MW MC SW SC North America (USA: Arizona and New Mexico; Mexico)

MW MC SW SC

mes xer calc

dr (the Seri Indians made a tea from the cooked seeds to treset diarrhea, the Tarahumara Indians made an emetic drink from the toasted and crushed seeds for toothache) ma (the Yaqui Indians made a rust-colored dye from the crushed bark) pl (ornamental) ti ( the Yaqui Indians carved the soft wood, wood used to make corks for bottles and gourd flasks) tx (all parts)

Erythrina coralloides sensu A.Gray non DC. Erythrina purpusii Brandegee

western coralbean; chilicote; coral tree (Mexico); coral-bean; Indian-bean; southwestern coralbean (Mexico)

érythrine du Sud-Ouest

chilicote, colorín, coralina, corcho, peania, zumpautla (Mexico)

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Latin name	Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MW MC SW SC North America (USA: Arizona and New Mexico; Mexico)
North America distribution zone	MW MC SW SC
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes xer calc
Use	dr (the Seri Indians made a tea from the cooked seeds to treset diarrhea, the Tarahumara Indians made an emetic drink from the toasted and crushed seeds for toothache) ma (the Yaqui Indians made a rust-colored dye from the crushed bark) pl (ornamental) ti ( the Yaqui Indians carved the soft wood, wood used to make corks for bottles and gourd flasks) tx (all parts)
Synonym	Erythrina coralloides sensu A.Gray non DC. Erythrina purpusii Brandegee
English name	western coralbean; chilicote; coral tree (Mexico); coral-bean; Indian-bean; southwestern coralbean (Mexico)
French name	érythrine du Sud-Ouest
Spanish name	chilicote, colorín, coralina, corcho, peania, zumpautla (Mexico)
Other name
Trade name