Erythrina afra(ERZCA)
Overview Code created in: 2001-10-21
- EPPO Code: ERZCA
- Preferred name: Erythrina afra
- Authority: Thunberg
Mozambique to South Africa (Cape). Cultivated as an ornamental tree. Introduced in East Africa, Australia (Queensland)
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Erythrina caffra | Thunberg |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| coast coral tree | English |
| coral tree | English |
| lucky bean tree | English |
| South African coral tree | English |
| coralina | Portuguese |
| koraalboom | Afrikaans |
| kuskkoraalboom | Afrikaans |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Faboideae (
1FABS )
Genus
Erythrina (
1ERZG )
Species
Erythrina afra (
ERZCA )