Erythrina crista-galli
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Read about Erythrina crista-galli in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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. CH
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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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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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