Erythrina livingstoniana Baker

livingstoniana: named after the legendary Scottish explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873)

Medium to large tree. Bark conspicuously reddish-brown, fissured, set with hard thorny knobs; branches very spiny. Leaves 3-foliolate with leaflets almost as broad as long, more or less 3-lobed; terminal lobe triangular; sidelobes almost square. Flowers in very striking terminal racemes, resembling the inflorescences of Aloe spp., scarlet-red. Fruit a cylindric, woody pod, strongly constricted between the seeds. Seeds bright red with a white spot. The flowers of this species are larger and more spectacular than any other Erythrina species in the region.

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Die aalwynkoraalboom (Erythrina livingstoniana) is 'n boom wat in die Zimbabwiese laeveld, die Benede-Limpoporiviervallei en Mosambiek voorkom. Die boom verskil van die ander koorsbome omrede sy sade 'n wit kol op het in stede van swart.

Erythrina livingstoniana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Đậu. Loài này được Baker mô tả khoa học đầu tiên.