Erythrina corallodendron, the red bean tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Caribbean; Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, and the Windward Islands, and has been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Réunion, and the Malay Peninsula. A small tree usually 3 m (10 ft) tall, but rarely reaching 10 m (33 ft), and with showy flowers, it is often planted as an ornamental.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Red Bean Tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Erythrina variegata
- Erythrina rubrinervia
- Erythrina americana
- Erythrina speciosa
- Erythrina standleyana
- Erythrina crista-galli
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
- Species
- Erythrina corallodendron
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