Common name: Blake's Coral Tree • Hindi: पंगार Pangar
Botanical name: Erythrina blakei Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Blake's Coral Tree is probably a hybrid species, but its origins are
uncertain. It has compound leaves with 3 oval, long pointed leaflets. Deep
scarlet flowers are borne in elongated clusters at the end of branches, which
can be 3 ft long. Unlike the Indian Coral Tree, it flowers while the tree is
still covered with leaves.
| Photographed in Lodhi Garden, Delhi. |
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