Taxon: Erythrina variegata L.

Common names:

• coraltree   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Indian coraltree   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• dadap   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – India
  
• deiko   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• indiskt korallträd   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; L. J. G. van der Maesen, pers. comm.)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide L Edible Pl)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania
  Western Indian Ocean: Comoros; Madagascar; Seychelles
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China [s.]
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan [s.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Northern Territory, Queensland
• PACIFIC
  South-Central Pacific: French Polynesia
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
• Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [introd.].
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. [var. orientalis (L.) Merr.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:431.
• Krukoff, B. A. 1972. Notes on Asiatic-Polynesian-Australian species of Erythrina, II. J. Arnold Arbor. 53:132–136.
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist.
• Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1998. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Erythrina variegata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Erythrina variegata.

Synonyms:

• (=) Erythrina corallodendrum var. orientalis L.
  
• (=) Erythrina indica Lam.
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• (=) Erythrina orientalis (L.) Merr.
  
• (=) Erythrina parcellii W. Bull
  
• (=) Erythrina variegata var. orientalis (L.) Merr.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (=) Tetradapa javanorum Osbeck
  

Check other web resources for Erythrina variegata L.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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