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Conservation Status
IUCN: not evaluated
USFWS: None
Family: FABACEAE Genus: Erythrina Species: ×malottorum Species Author: Mabb. & Lorence Vernacular: Malotts' Coral Tree
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.
Known only from cultivation.
We currently have 2 herbarium specimens for Erythrina ×malottorum in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
