Pan India Bouquets

Erythrina arborescens Roxb.

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Fabaceae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Synonym(s) : Duchassaingia arborescens (Roxb.) Walp.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Erythrina arborescens Roxb.
Common name : Himalayan Coral Tree
Vernacular name : Phaledo, Roringa,Theki kath(Nepali)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forests
Comments / notes : Branchlets with brown spines; flowers appearing after leaf development
Flower, Fruit : July-August
Distribution :
- Sikkim : Gangtok district
Native : Indian Subcontinent to S.C. China.
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 90; Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.2. Published BSI: 170; Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.1 (3):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 arborescens. Downloaded on 1 July 2022.