page_title: Erythrina crista-galli
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Erythrina crista-galli / Description
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Kwiaty erytryny grzebieniastej (Erythrina crista-galli), Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie. English: Flowers of cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli), Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.
context_page_description: Erythrina crista-galli, often known as the cockspur coral tree, is a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil and Paraguay. It is widely planted as a street or garden tree in other countries, notably in California.
  It is known by several common names within South America: ceibo, seíbo, corticeira and the more ambiguous bucaré, to name a few.
  Its specific epithet crista-galli means "cock's comb" in Latin.
  The ceibo is the national tree of Argentina, and its flower the national flower of Argentina and Uruguay.
  This species characteristically grows wild in gallery forest ecosystems along watercourses, as well as in swamps and wetlands. In urban settings, it is often planted in parks for its bright red flowers.
context_section_description: Erythrina crista-galli is a small tree, the girth of its trunk measuring 50 cm (20 in). Normally it grows 5–8 m (16–26 ft) tall, although some individuals, such as in the Argentine provinces of Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán, can grow up to 10 m (33 ft).
  The root is a taproot with nodules produced by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The bacteria live in symbiosis with the tree, facilitating the tree's absorption of nitrogen in return for organic substances which the bacteria need. The tree's trunk is woody with irregular, spiny branches. These branches form a layer without definite form and die after flowering.
caption: Flowers of the cockspur coral tree
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