erythrina
- n any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
erythrina caffra
- n small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
erythrina corallodendrum
- n deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
erythrina crista-galli
- n small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
erythrina indica
- n small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
erythrina lysistemon
- n small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds
erythrina variegata
- n small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
erythrina vespertilio
- n prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood