Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Erythrina L. [559]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Coral tree

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Fabaceae

family_ja: マメ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of over 100 species of deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen, usually spiny, trees, shrubs, subshrubs, and woody-based perennials found in woodland and thickets, and on open slopes, in tropical regions worldwide. They are grown for their pea-like, 5-petalled flowers with long standard petals, borne singly or in clusters in the leaf axils, or in axillary or terminal racemes, on often leafless stems. Leaves are alternate and 3-pinnate, with the terminal leaflet larger than the others and sometimes differently shaped. Grow as specimen plants. In cool-temperate areas, grow half-hardy and frost-tender species in a cool or temperate greenhouse.

hardiness_en: Frost hardy to frost tender. E. crista-galli and E. herbacea may survive down to -10°C (14°F) if protected with a thick mulch.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed at 21-24°C (70-75°F) in spring. Root softwood cuttings in early summer, or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer, both with bottom heat.

pests_en: Prone to red spider mites and mealybugs under glass.

description_ja:

comment: Warm

comment_ja: デイゴ，カイコウズ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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