Erythrina corallodendron

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Fabaceae}}

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|image_caption=Flowers

|image2=PikiWiki Israel 19288 Erythrina Tree.JPG

|image2_caption=In a park in Israel

|genus=Erythrina

|species=corallodendron

|authority=L.

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• Corallodendron aculeatum {{small|Medik.}}
• Corallodendron australe {{small|Kuntze}}
• Corallodendron occidentale {{small|(L.) Kuntze}}
• Erythrina corallifera {{small|Salisb.}}
• Erythrina corallodendron var. bicolor {{small|Krukoff}}
• Erythrina corallodendron var. connata {{small|Krukoff}}
• Erythrina corallodendron var. occidentalis {{small|L.}}
• Erythrina inermis {{small|Mill.}}
• Erythrina spinosa {{small|Mill.}}
• Piscidia corallodendrum {{small|Steud.}}

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Erythrina corallodendron, the red bean tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.{{cite web |title=Erythrina corallodendron red bean tree |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/103372/i-erythrina-corallodendron-i/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=8 January 2022 |quote=Other common names; West Indian coral tree }} It is native to the Caribbean; Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, and the Windward Islands, and has been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Réunion, and the Malay Peninsula.{{cite POWO |id=316421-2 |title=Erythrina corallodendron L. |access-date=8 January 2022 }} A small tree usually {{cvt|3|m|ft|0}} tall, but rarely reaching {{cvt|10|m|ft}}, and with showy flowers, it is often planted as an ornamental.{{cite web |url=http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Erythrina+corallodendron |title=Erythrina corallodendron L. Fabaceae |last=Fern |first=Ken |date=30 July 2021 |website=tropical.theferns.info |publisher=Useful Tropical Plants |access-date=6 January 2022 }}