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'''''Erythrina humeana''''', Spreng. (E. caffra, Ker-Gawl, not Thunb.) ('''Dwarf Kaffirboom''',  '''Dwarf Coral Tree''', '''Dwarf Erythrina''', '''Natal Coral Tree''') is an [[ornamental plant|ornamental]] tree and [[medicinal plant]] native to [[South Africa]].
 
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Erythrina Humeana, Spreng. (E. caffra, Ker-Gawl, not Thunb.). Often tree-like and 30 ft. or more, the st. and petioles very spiny: petioles long; lfts. rhomboid-ovate, acuminate: peduncles axillary and strictly erect, longer than the Lvs., white-warty; fls. verticillate-spiked on the ends of the peduncles, long and slender, deflexed, brilliant scarlet fading to purple. S. Afr. B.M. 2431. B.R. 736.
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Often tree-like and 30 ft. or more, the st. and petioles very spiny: petioles long; lfts. rhomboid-ovate, acuminate: peduncles axillary and strictly erect, longer than the Lvs., white-warty; fls. verticillate-spiked on the ends of the peduncles, long and slender, deflexed, brilliant scarlet fading to purple. S. Afr.
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| name = Dwarf Kaffirboom
 
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
 
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| genus = ''[[Erythrina]]''
 
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| species = '''''E. humeana'''''
 
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| binomial = ''Erythrina humeana''
 
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'''''Erythrina humeana''''' ('''Dwarf Kaffirboom''',   '''Dwarf Coral Tree''', '''Dwarf Erythrina''', '''Natal Coral Tree''') is an [[ornamental plant|ornamental]] tree and [[medicinal plant]] native to [[South Africa]].
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
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*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Erythrina+humeana Plants For A Future: ''Erythrina humeana''] 
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERHU4 USDA Plants Profile: ''Erythrina humeana'']
 
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*{{es icon}} [http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Erythrinahumeana.htm ''Erythrina humeana''] photo
 
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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Scientific Names


Erythrina humeana, Spreng. (E. caffra, Ker-Gawl, not Thunb.) (Dwarf Kaffirboom, Dwarf Coral Tree, Dwarf Erythrina, Natal Coral Tree) is an ornamental tree and medicinal plant native to South Africa.

Read about Erythrina humeana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Often tree-like and 30 ft. or more, the st. and petioles very spiny: petioles long; lfts. rhomboid-ovate, acuminate: peduncles axillary and strictly erect, longer than the Lvs., white-warty; fls. verticillate-spiked on the ends of the peduncles, long and slender, deflexed, brilliant scarlet fading to purple. S. Afr. CH


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