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Erythrina X malottorum - Erythrina malottorum branch with leaf and flower
Original watercolors commissioned for the NTBG by Geraldine King Tam (1992)
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Taxonomy:
Erythrina ×malottorum Mabberley & Lorence (Fabaceae)

English name:
Malotts' coral tree

Kingdom: Plantae-Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta-Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta-Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta-Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida--Dicotyledons
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae - Pea family
Genus: Erythrina L. - Erythrina
Species: Erythrina ×malottorum Mabberley & Lorence

Description:
This hybrid is derived from a cross between Erythrina crista-galli and Erythrina fusca made by David
Neill at the National Tropical Botanical Garden. It is described and beautifully illustrated as a watercolor paining by Geraldine King Tam in the book "Paradisus: Hawaiian Plant Watercolors" published by the Honolulu Academy of Arts (1998). It is a sterile hybrid with abundant, showy flowers and produces messy no fruit or seed.

Geographic Distribution:
Known only from cultivation.

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