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Erythrina resupinata

Erythrina resupinata
Photo: William Roxburgh, Public domain

Erythrina resupinata is a tree-sized flowering legume from the Indian subcontinent, where it is native to seasonally dry tropical forests. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited, and it is best treated as a warm-climate tree.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and reduce watering when the plant is dormant or the weather is cool.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
18-35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Nepal to NC. India
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Erythrina resupinata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent.

Other Erythrina plants

Machete · Coral erythrina · Flame coral tree · Cockspur Coral Tree · Basul · Brazilian Coral Tree · Bucayo · Dwarf erythrina · Broad Leaved Coral Tree · Sacred Coral-tree · Mountain immortelle · Wiliwili

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythrina resupinata 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.

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