Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Erythrina x sykesii
Common name
Coral tree, Common coral tree
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, roadsides, near old habitations, and along streams. Coast and the eastern edge of the ranges.
Notes
Introduced tree to 15 m tall. Prickles on trunk and branches. Branches hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, compound, with 3 leaflets, each 7-20 cm long, 70-120 mm wide, hairless. Standard petal 30-65 mm long. Flowers pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, red, in clusters of about 30 flowers. Flowers all year but mostly Winter to Spring.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Erythrina~x+sykesii (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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