Indian coral tree

English

an Indian coral tree

Noun

Indian coral tree (plural Indian coral trees)

1. A tree, Erythrina variegata, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, northern Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean east to Fiji.

Synonyms

• (Erythrina variegata): tiger's claw

Translations

Erythrina variegata

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 刺桐 (ci³ tung⁴)

  Hokkien: 莿桐 (chhì-tông)

  Mandarin: 刺桐 (zh) (cìtóng)

• Dutch: Indische koraalboom m
• German: Indischer Korallenbaum m
• Indonesian: dadap (id)
• Japanese: 梯梧 (でいご, deigo)
• Khmer: រលួស (km) (rɔluəh)
• Marathi: पंगारा (paṅgārā)
• Tagalog: dapdap
• Tahitian: ’atae
• Tongan: ngatae

Further reading

• Indian coral tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erythrina variegata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erythrina variegata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons