Erythrina poeppigiana

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Erythrina}}

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|image=Cámbulo - Písamo (Erythrina poeppigiana) (14741089764).jpg

|image_caption=Flowers

|genus=Erythrina

|species=poeppigiana

|authority=(Walp.) O.F.CookU.S.D.A. Div. Bot. Bull. 25: 57 (1901)

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• Erythrina amasisa Spruce
• Erythrina micropteryx Poepp. ex Urb.
• Erythrina pisamo Posada-Ar.
• Erythrina poeppigiana f. redmondii Steyerm. & Lasser
• Micropteryx poeppigiana Walp.

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Erythrina poeppigiana, called the mountain immortelle, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Erythrina, native to northern and western South America, and introduced to various places in Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, India and tropical Asia.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:96637-2 |title=Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=8 December 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Erythrina poeppigiana mountain immortelle |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/158670/i-Erythrina-poeppigiana-i/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=8 December 2020 }} Its striking display of orange flowers has led to its use as an ornamental street tree. It is the emblematic state tree of Mérida, Venezuela. Widely cultivated, it is a nitrogen fixer and a source of fodder.{{cite web |url=https://www.tropicalforages.info/text/entities/erythrina_poeppigiana.htm |title=Erythrina poeppigiana |author= |date=2020 |website=tropicalforages.info |publisher=Tropical Forages |access-date=8 December 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918181435/https://www.tropicalforages.info/text/entities/erythrina_poeppigiana.htm |url-status=dead }}

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