Bitterroot Restoration

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Common name: Mandar(Beng.); Indian coral tree(Eng.).
Life cycle:
Native Range: It native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean east to Fiji.

Erythrina variegata is a thorny deciduous tree growing to 27 m (89 ft) tall. Their leaves are pinnate with a 20 cm petiole and three leaflets, each leaflet up to 20 cm long and broad. It has dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds. It is valued as an ornamental tree.

The bark and leaves are used in many traditional medicines. Their are used in herbal preparations.