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Poro Poro-Poro gigante, Flowers

Erythrina poeppigiana

Description:

Would like to know what this tree's name is, 15 meters from my home, I saw at least 15 different kinds of birds on it. (you can see some in the pictures)

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Erythrina indica


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4 Comments

Thank you for the ID, LennyWorthington, it is Erythrina species.
Here in Costa Rica we call them:
Poro and/or Poro gigante, Erythrina poeppigiana.

LennyWorthington
LennyWorthington 10 years ago

This is a native tree here in Thailand

Thank you, Ava T-B, I will try to go back to take a pictures of the tree bark and seeds. they are blooming all over here right now.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Probably a Coral Tree (Erythrina sp.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrina

Costa Rica

Spotted on Feb 22, 2014
Submitted on Mar 2, 2014

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