General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 15 to 80 feet.
Leaves: Deciduous
Variegated
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Uses: Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Birds
Various insects
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Variegated Coral Tree
  • Tiger's Claw
  • East Indian Coralbean
  • East Indian Coral Tree
  • Sunshine Tree
  • Samoan Sunshine Tree
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Erythrina variegata
  • Synonym: Erythrina indica
  • Synonym: Erythrina indica var. picta

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Uploaded by ShadyGreenThumb
Location: Kwajalein Marshall Islands
Date: 2001
Uploaded by Wildbloomers
Uploaded by ShadyGreenThumb
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens
Discussion Threads about this plant
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