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| latin_name = ''Erythrina crista-galli''
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| name = Cockspur coral tree
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| genus = Erythrina
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[[Image:Erythrina crista-galli 2-3.jpg|thumb|230px|right|A ''ceibo'' tree in an urban park.]]
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Erythrina Crista-galli, Linn. (E. laurifolia, Jacq.). Common Coral-tree. Bushy and woody, sometimes developing a very short trunk, but the flowering branches dying back after blooming, the stronger branches coming annually or periodically from near the root: st. and petioles somewhat spiny: It is. ovate-oblong or lance- oblong, acuminate, entire: fls. large, brilliant crimson, the keel nearly as long as the down-folding standard, the wings rudimentary. Brazil.—Runs into many forms, varying in the shade of red, some of them with variegated Lvs. South of Washington, it stands out- of-doors if protected. In the N. the fleshy roots are taken up and stored. Valuable for summer bloom. Fls. in large, terminal racemes. Madame Belanger is a popular garden form. E. compacta, Bull, of very compact habit and fls. rich crimson is probably a form of this species.
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| species = '''''E. crista-galli'''''
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| binomial = ''Erythrina crista-galli''
 
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[[Image:Erythrina crista-galli 2-3.jpg|thumb|230px|right|A ''ceibo'' tree in an urban park in [[Rosario]], [[Argentina]].]]
 
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'''''Erythrina crista-galli''''' is a flowering tree in the family [[Fabaceae]], native to [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]], [[Brazil]] and [[Paraguay]].  It is widely planted as a street or garden tree in other countries, most notably in [[California]] in the ([[United States]]).  It is known by several common names within South America: ''ceibo'', ''seíbo'' and ''bucaré'', to name a few. In English it is often known as the '''Cockspur coral tree.'''
 
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The tree's flower is the national flower of [[Argentina]] and [[Uruguay]].  It is also the official city tree of [[Los Angeles, California]] (where it is referred to simply as "the coral tree").
 
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''Erythrina crista-galli'' is a small tree, the girth of its trunk measuring 50 cm. Normally it grows 5–8 meters tall, although some, such as the ''ceibos'' in the Argentine provinces of [[Salta Province|Salta]], [[Jujuy Province|Jujuy]] and [[Tucumán Province|Tucumán]], can grow up to 10 m.
 
  
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The species characteristically grows wild in gallery-forest ecosystems along water courses, as well as in swamps and wetlands. In urban settings, it's often planted in parks for its bright red flowers.
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==Cultivation==
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The [[root]] is a [[taproot]] with [[root nodule|nodules]] produced by [[nitrogen fixation|nitrogen fixing]] bacteria. The bacteria lives in [[symbiosis]] with the tree, facilitating the tree's absorption of nitrogen in return for organic substances which the bacteria need. The tree's trunk is woody with irregular, spiny branches. These branches form a layer without definite form and die after flowering.
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===Propagation===
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The tree's flower in the summer (from October to April in their native South America and from April to October in the northern hemisphere)is red [[flower]], arranged in [[inflorescence]]s of the [[raceme]] type, is pentameric, complete, and of bilateral symmetry.  Its [[sepal | calyx]] is gamosepalous, like a little red thimble. The corolla, similar to that of ''[[Phaseolus vulgaris]]'', is butterfly-shaped; however, the largest petal, called the ''standard'', is arranged in the lower part. Two of the petals, called ''wings'', are so small that they are practically hidden within the calyx. The remaining two petals partially weld together on occasion and form the flower's keel or ''carina''; this protects its reproductive organs. The [[androecium]] consists of ten [[stamen]]s, one free and nine united by their filaments (gynostemial androecium). The unicarpela gynoecium is welded between the stamens like a knife in its sheath.
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The tree's fruit is monocarpic and dry, of the [[legume]] type, and no more than a few centimeters in length. The chestnut brown seeds are cylindrical in form and are arranged sparsely throughout the seedpod's interior. The seed germ contains hypogeous cotyledons; the seeds stay underground upon germination.
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==Varieties==
  
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==Synonyms==
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===Synonyms===
 
* ''Corallodendron crista-galli'' (L.) Kuntze
 
* ''Corallodendron crista-galli'' (L.) Kuntze
 
* ''Erythrina crista-galli'' L. Var. hasskarlii Backer
 
* ''Erythrina crista-galli'' L. Var. hasskarlii Backer
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* ''Micropteryx laurifolia'' Walp.
 
* ''Micropteryx laurifolia'' Walp.
  
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=te53VV5u8YMC&pg=RA1-PA124&lpg=RA1-PA124&dq=erythrina+alkaloids&source=web&ots=e5SBqn4GS7&sig=JdEQoIKcYwAM7N_cTUtCQNhl6Hc John Stephen Glasby, Dictionary of Plants Containing Secondary Metabolites, Published by CRC Press]
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*[http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/himitunohanazono/amerikadeigo_himitu_1.htm Images of Legume,] [http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/himitunohanazono/amerikadeigo_himitu_2.htm Seeds] - Flavon's Wild herb and Alpine plants
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==References==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*''This article draws heavily on the [[:es:Erythrina crista galli|corresponding article]] in the [[:es:Portada|Spanish-language Wikipedia]].''
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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*[http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/1723.shtml International Legume Database & Information Service: ''Erythrina crista-galli'']
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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* {{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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*{{es icon}} [http://www.medioambiente.gov.ar/calendario/dia_ceibo/default.htm Día de la Flor Nacional] - "National Flower Day", in Argentina's Ministry of Health and Environment website (scientific description, pictures).
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 26 September 2009


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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation
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Scientific Names

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Read about Erythrina crista-galli in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
A ceibo tree in an urban park.

Erythrina Crista-galli, Linn. (E. laurifolia, Jacq.). Common Coral-tree. Bushy and woody, sometimes developing a very short trunk, but the flowering branches dying back after blooming, the stronger branches coming annually or periodically from near the root: st. and petioles somewhat spiny: It is. ovate-oblong or lance- oblong, acuminate, entire: fls. large, brilliant crimson, the keel nearly as long as the down-folding standard, the wings rudimentary. Brazil.—Runs into many forms, varying in the shade of red, some of them with variegated Lvs. South of Washington, it stands out- of-doors if protected. In the N. the fleshy roots are taken up and stored. Valuable for summer bloom. Fls. in large, terminal racemes. Madame Belanger is a popular garden form. E. compacta, Bull, of very compact habit and fls. rich crimson is probably a form of this species. CH


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Pests and diseases

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Varieties

Synonyms

  • Corallodendron crista-galli (L.) Kuntze
  • Erythrina crista-galli L. Var. hasskarlii Backer
  • Erythrina crista-galli L. Var. leucochlora A. Lombardo
  • Erythrina fasciculata Benth.,
  • Erythrina laurifolia Jacq.
  • Erythrina pulcherrima Tod.,
  • Erythrina speciosa Tod.,
  • Micropteryx crista-galli Walp.
  • Micropteryx fasciculata Walp.
  • Micropteryx laurifolia Walp.

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