- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Synonym(s) : Chirocalyx candolleanus Walp.; Chirocalyx divaricatus (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Walp.; Chirocalyx indicus (Lam.) Walp.; Chirocalyx pictus (L.) Walp.; Corallodendron divaricatum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Kuntze; Corallodendron lobulatum (Miq.) Kuntze; Corallodendron orientale (L.) Kuntze; Corallodendron spathaceum (DC.) Kuntze; Erythrina alba Cogn. & Marchand; Erythrina boninensis Tuyama; Erythrina corallodendron Lam.; Erythrina divaricata Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Erythrina indica Lam.; Erythrina indica var. phlebocarpa (F.M.Bailey) Domin; Erythrina lobulata Miq.; Erythrina loureiroi G.Don; Erythrina orientalis (L.) Murray; Erythrina panduriformis Blume ex Miq.; Erythrina phlebocarpa F.M.Bailey; Erythrina picta L.; Erythrina resupinata Moritzi; Erythrina rostrata Ridl.; Erythrina spathacea DC.; Erythrina variegata var. alba (Blatt. & Millard) M.R.Almeida; Tetradapa javanorum Osbeck
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Erythrina variegata L.
- Common name : Indian Coral Tree, Tiger's claw
- Vernacular name :
- Paribhadrika (Sanskrit)
- Pharad, Pangra, Dadp, Pankara (Hindi)
- Kalyana-murungai (Tamil)
- Mulla moduga, Badisa, Bedita, Baridamu (Telugu)
- Chavuldhua, Paladhua (Oria)
- Paribhadrika (Sanskrit)
- Harivana, Harivana (Kannada)
- Kalyana, Mullumurukku, Murukku (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Planted in hedges and as support for pepper and betel vines.
- Key identification features : Prickly tree; soft wooded; prickles on stem
- Flower, Fruit : February-July
- Collection Nos : CJS 16905
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Bidar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Kandhamal district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Island
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China through Malaysia; introduced in Africa, Madagascar and Polynesia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
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- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Erythrina variegata. Downloaded on 30 April 2024.
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