Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Erythrina | Species: Erythrina stricta Roxb. |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Corallodendron strictum (Roxb.) Kuntze,, Micropteryx stricta (Roxb.) Duchass. & Walp. |
Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Indian Coral tree | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Indian Coral tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 5-10 cm long, lanceolate; seeds 3-6, black |
| Habitat | Occurs in moist deciduous forests | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, China, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark 10-20 mm thick, surface yellowish, vertically fissured, armed with bossed prickles |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, to 15 m high, bark 10-20 mm thick, surface yellowish, vertically fissured, armed with bossed prickles; outer bark corky, stratified, inner bark thin fibrous; branchlets apically stellate-pubescent, basally glabrescent, densely prickled | Leaf Details | Leaves trifoliate,stipules small, lateral; rachis 10-13 cm long, slender, glabrous, pulvinate, prickled or not; stipels gland-like; petiolule 5-10 mm long, slender, glabrous |
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