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HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Erythrina variegata

Waimanalo, Oahu

TIGER'S CLAW or INDIAN CORAL TREE    WILIWILI HAOLE

Ornamental tree with spreading crown and very light wood.  Other cultivars have variegated leaves, white flowers, or ascending habit.  Common in Hawaii before the arrival of a parasitic gall wasp.  Native from East Africa to Fiji.