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Erythrina leptorhiza

Erythrina leptorhiza
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Mexico
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Erythrina leptorhiza is a plant species belonging to the family Fabaceae.

Where it grows

Highlands of Mexico's Western Sierra Madres and central Mexico south into Oaxaca

Other Erythrina plants

Erythrina · Thorny Coraltree · American Coral Tree · Erythrina ankaranensis · Erythrina atitlanensis · Machete · Erythrina burana · Erythrina burttii · Erythrina chiapasana · Coral erythrina · Flame coral tree · Cockspur Coral Tree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythrina leptorhiza by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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