Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
Scientific name | Erythrina variegata L. |
Synonyms | Chirocalyx candolleanus Walpers; Chirocalyx divaricatus Walpers; Chirocalyx indicus Walpers; Chirocalyx pictus Walpers; Corallodendron divaricatum (Sessé & Mocíño ex de Candolle) Kuntze; Corallodendron orientale (L.) Kuntze; Corallodendron spathaceum (de Candolle) Kuntze; Erythrina alba Cogniaux & Marchal; Erythrina boninensis Tuyama; Erythrina carnea Blanco; Erythrina corallodendron Loureiro; Erythrina corallodendron Loureiro var. orientalis L.; Erythrina divaricata de Candolle; Erythrina indica Lamarck; Erythrina indica Lamarck var. alba W. S. Millard & E. Blatter; Erythrina lithosperma Blume ex Miquel; Erythrina lobulata Miquel; Erythrina loureiroi G. Don; Erythrina marmorata Veitch ex Planchon; Erythrina mysorensis Gamble; Erythrina orientalis (L.) Murray; Erythrina parcellii Bull; Erythrina phlebocarpa Bailey; Erythrina picta L.; Erythrina rostrata Ridley; Erythrina spathacea de Candolle; Erythrina variegata L. forma alba Maheshwari; Erythrina variegata L. forma marmorata (Hort. ex Veitch) Maheshwari; Erythrina variegata L. forma mysorensis Maheshwari; Erythrina variegata L. forma orientalis (L.) Maheshwari; Erythrina variegata L. forma parcellii (Bull) Maheshwari; Erythrina variegata L. forma picta (L.) Maheshwari; Erythrina variegata L. var. orientalis (L.) Merrill; Gelala alba Rumphius; Gelala litorea Rumphius; Tetradapa javanorum Osbeck |
Common name | (Japanese common name) deigo |
(English common name) coral tree | |
Distribution | (Japan) Ogasawara Islands, Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Fiji, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, Tanzania | |
Chromosomal number | n=21, 2n=42 |
Description | Plants 10-15m tall. Leaves leaflets 4-10cm. Flowers inflorescences 20-30cm, red flowers each 5-8cm, flowering in April to May. Deciduous. Arbor trees. |
Reference | Erythrina variegata L. |
Erythrina variegata L. | |
Erythrina variegata | |
Isoflavonoid antibacterial compounds, compositions and use (US Patent 5399558/1995) | |
Use of recombinant inhibitor from Erythrina caffra for purifying serine proteases (US Patent 5958722/1999) | |
Conjugates of galactose-binding lectins and clostridial neurotoxins as analgesics (US Patent 7052702/2006) | |
Cosmetic composition and production thereof (US Patent 20060018867) | |
Maillard reaction inhibitor and dermal preparation for external use containing the same (Japanese Patent JP3695472/2005) |
March 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |