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Erythrina schliebenii is a prickly-stemmed tree from southeast Tanzania, known from a single population in coastal forest, with orange to red flowers. It is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.
Erythrina schliebenii is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Tanzania. The species is named for German collector and botanist Hans-Joachim Schlieben.
Erythrina schliebenii is endemic to Tanzania. The species has a single known population located in forest inland from Kilwa. Its habitat is forest on coral rag at an altitude of around 250 m (800 ft).
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 schliebenii 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.
