Red bean tree facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Red bean tree
Flowers
In a park in Israel
Scientific classification
Genus:	Erythrina
Species:	corallodendron
Synonyms
List Corallodendron aculeatum Medik. Corallodendron australe Kuntze Corallodendron occidentale (L.) Kuntze Erythrina corallifera Salisb. Erythrina corallodendron var. bicolor Krukoff Erythrina corallodendron var. connata Krukoff Erythrina corallodendron var. occidentalis L. Erythrina inermis Mill. Erythrina spinosa Mill. Piscidia corallodendrum Steud.

Erythrina corallodendron, the red bean tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Caribbean; Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, and the Windward Islands, and has been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Réunion, and the Malay Peninsula. A small tree usually 3 m (10 ft) tall, but rarely reaching 10 m (33 ft), and with showy flowers, it is often planted as an ornamental.

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In Spanish: Erythrina corallodendron para niños