Coral Tree
Erythrina variegata (Wikipedia)
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| Tree in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. | |
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| Species: | E. variegata
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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; Tamil: Murukku/Kalyana Murungai, முருக்கு/ கல்யாண முருங்கை; Pali: pāricchattaka; Sanskrit: pārijāta, पारिजात) is a species of Erythrina native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, northern Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean east to Fiji.