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Erythrina fusca
Also called Coral Bean, Purple Coraltree, Swamp Immortelle
In Singapore: Coral Tree, Chengkring, Purple Coral Tree, Coral Bean Tree, Lucky Bean Tree, Bucayo, Swamp Erythrina, Kaffirboom, Cape Kaffirboom, Chekring (Grown in Singapore)
Erythrina fusca is a fast-growing, deciduous tropical tree in the pea family, grown as an ornamental shade and hedge tree and as shade in cacao plantations. It thrives in warm, wet, coastal conditions and tolerates flooding and salt.
Erythrina fusca is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is known by many common names, including purple coraltree, gallito, bois immortelle, bucayo, and the more ambiguous "bucare" and "coral bean". E. fusca has the widest distribution of any Erythrina species; it is the only one found in both the New and Old World. It grows on coasts and along rivers in tropical Asia, Oceania, the Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Africa, and the Neotropics.
The easy-to-grow and attractive flowering tree is cultivated as an ornamental shade and hedge plant. It is a common shade tree in cacao plantations. It attracts hummingbirds, which pollinate its flowers.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythrina fusca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
