• Family : Fabaceae
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Leguminosae
• Synonym(s) : Micropteryx stricta (Roxb.) Walp.; Corallodendron strictum (Roxb.) Kuntze
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Erythrina stricta Roxb.
• Common name : Corky Coral Tree, Indian Coral Tree
• Vernacular name : Phaledo (Nepali); Dhaul dhak (Hindi)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Subtropical and Warm broad-leaved forests
• Comments / notes : Flowers appearing before leaves
• Key identification features : A large tree with trunk and branches covered with sharp conical whitish prickles, and with scarlet flowers in dense one-sided spike-like clusters occurring at the ends of stout leafless branches in spring
• Flower, Fruit : February-April
• Distribution :
  • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
• Native : Indian Subcontinent to S. China (Guangxi, Yunnan)
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Is., Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 91; Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.1 (3):683-684
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Erythrina stricta. Downloaded on 4 March 2021.

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