Erythrina suberosa

Botanical name: Erythrina suberosa

Common Name: Indian Coral Tree 

Habit

• Deciduous tree
• Medium
• Fast growing
  
  

Specific Properties

• Nitrogen fixing tree
• Seeds are toxic

Ecology

• Mammals, birds, bees, bats and insects feed on flower nectar
• Birds, mammals, reptiles, insects use it for shelter and roosting
• Birds visit tree for stored water within the cup of flower
  
  

Uses

• Flowers are used to make herbal tea
• Makes good live fence
• Green manure, mulch
• Leaves, bark, and flowers have medicinal value
• It is used in veterinary medicine-bark ashes are mixed with coconut oil treats pustules, boils and wounds in cattle as an antiseptic
  
  

Propagation

• Seeds
• Cuttings