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Taxon:  Erythrina caffra Thunb.



Summary
Genus:
Erythrina
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
15735
Place of publication:
Prodr. pl. cap. 121. 1800
Verified:
03/15/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Erythrina viarum Tod.
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Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Hennessy, E. F. 1991. Erythrineae (Fabaceae) in Southern Africa. Bothalia 21:9.
  4. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  5. Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:405.
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  7. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  8. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  9. Parker, R. N. 1933. Leguminosae and root nodules. Indian Forester 59:232-239.
  10. van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  11. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
Cape Kaffirboom –
coraltree –
Kaffirboom –
lucky beantree –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
2Cultivated     
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=15735. Accessed 3 May 2026.

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