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| latin_name = ''LATINNAME''  <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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| name = Tiger's Claw
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| color = IndianRed
 
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| image_caption = Tiger's Claw
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| familia = Fabaceae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| subfamilia = Faboideae
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| tribus = Phaseoleae
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| ordo = [[Fabales]]
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| genus = Erythrina
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| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
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| species = variegata
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| genus = ''[[Erythrina]]''
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'''''Erythrina variegata''''' (syn. ''E. indica'' Lam., ''E. variegata'' var. ''orientalis'' (L.) Merr.; '''Tiger's Claw''', '''Indian Coral Tree''' and '''Sunshine Tree'''). Tall tree with very small usually black prickles and thin gray back: lfts. rhomb-ovate, membranous and glabrous: fls. showy scarlet, in dense short racemes; calyx split nearly to base; standard ovate-oblong and blunt or nearly so, slightly recurved, 2-2½ in. long, and about half as broad, much exceeding the wings and keel; wings and keel nearly equal, not more than half so long as the calyx: pod 6-12 in. long, torulose. India, Polynesia, W. Indies. Variable Var. picta, Hort (E. picta, Linn.), has variegated Lvs. Var Parcellii, Hort (E. Parcettii, Bull), has lfts. with variable yellow vanegallon: fls. bright cinnamon-red. By some, E. picta is accorded specific rank and E. Parcellii is united with it. Var. marmorata, Hort. (E. marmorata, Veitch), has large Lvs. attractively spotted with white.
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| species = '''''E. variegata'''''
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| binomial = ''Erythrina variegata''
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| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
   
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'''''Erythrina variegata''''' (syn. ''E. indica'' Lam., ''E. variegata'' var. ''orientalis'' (L.) Merr.; '''Tiger's Claw''', '''Indian Coral Tree''' and '''Sunshine Tree''') is a species of ''[[Erythrina]]'' native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern [[Africa]], southern [[Asia]], northern [[Australia]], and the [[island]]s of the [[Indian Ocean]] and the western [[Pacific Ocean]] east to [[Fiji]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?15773 ''Erythrina variegata'']</ref>
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==Cultivation==
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It is a thorny [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 27 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate with a 20 cm petiole and three leaflets, each leaflet up to 20 cm long and broad. It has dense clusters of scarlet or crimson [[flowers]] and black [[seed]]s.<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
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===Propagation===
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It is valued as an [[ornamental tree]]. Several [[cultivar]]s have been selected, including 'Alba' with white flowers.<ref name=rhs/>
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===Pests and diseases===
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==References==
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==Species==
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*[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Coral%20Tree.html Flowers of India - Indian Coral Tree]
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== Images ==
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==Gallery==
 
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Image:Erythrina variegata 200703.jpg
 
Image:Erythrina variegata 200703.jpg
 
Image:Trees I IMG 4089.jpg
 
Image:Trees I IMG 4089.jpg
 
Image:Flower I IMG 3974.jpg|Flowers
 
Image:Flower I IMG 3974.jpg|Flowers
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Image:Leaves & young bark I IMG 4040.jpg|Young leaves
 
Image:Leaves & young bark I IMG 4040.jpg|Young leaves
 
Image:Fruit I IMG 8201.jpg|Foliage and fruit
 
Image:Fruit I IMG 8201.jpg|Foliage and fruit
 
Image:Variegata alba- flower I IMG 4285.jpg|Flowers of cultivar 'Alba'
 
Image:Variegata alba- flower I IMG 4285.jpg|Flowers of cultivar 'Alba'
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Image:Erythrina variegata var. orientalis.jpg|Flowers of cultivar 'Alba'
 
Image:Erythrina variegata var. orientalis.jpg|Flowers of cultivar 'Alba'
 
Image:Tiger's_Claw,_Erythrina_variegata_Hurst.jpg|Beans
 
Image:Tiger's_Claw,_Erythrina_variegata_Hurst.jpg|Beans
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{{commons|Erythrina variegata|''Erythrina variegata''}}
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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  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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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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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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