Erythrina crista-galli L.

BOTANICAL
SÍAUDE**/
TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF OEPAUW UNIVERSITY (OPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
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HERBARIUM.
HERBARIUM
T. G. YUNCKEÄ
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Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Erythrina crista-galli Linnaeus, Mantissa Flant., yy, 1/0/7
Shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, pinnately 3-foliate, long petiolate, leaflets oval-
oblong or somewhat ovate, entire, up to 8 or more cm. long and 3 or more cm. wide,
acutish, petioles and main veins with recurved prickles. Flowers large, bright red, in
racemose clusters.
Erythrina cristegalll l.
Introduced ornamental (9908). English name, cockspur coral tree.
Presented to DPU Herbanun^
by T. G. Yunckar
Ornamental
20 m. alt.
Coll. T. G. Yuncker
Det. «
shrub. Alofl.
Jan. 26, 1940
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