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Erythrina lysistemon
Also called Common Coral tree, Lucky bean tree, Eastern Border Luckybush, Eastern Districts Luckybean, Gewone Koraalboom, South African Common Coral Tree, Common Coraltree
A deciduous tree from southern Africa, grown for its scarlet spring flowers that attract birds and insects. It needs a warm, frost-free climate and plenty of sun, and is mainly grown outdoors in gardens and parks rather than indoors.
Erythrina lysistemon is a species of deciduous tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is native to South Africa. Common names include common coral-tree, lucky bean tree, umsintsi (Xhosa), muvhale (Venda), mophete (Tswana), koraalboom or kanniedood (Afrikaans), mokhungwane (Sotho) and mutiti (Shona). It is regularly cultivated as a tree for gardens and parks.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythrina lysistemon 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.
