Native to 164 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Cape Verde, Chagos Archipelago, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Line Is., Madeira, Mauritius, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pitcairn Is., Réunion, Rodrigues, St.Helena, Wallis-Futuna Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Cintalapa)
16.414889, -94.032778
Location Remarks
Camino a Las Minas. Microondas Las Minas, cerca de la torre. Bosque mesófilo de montaña con piños y robles. 889 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios
-1.645556, -79.332778
Location Remarks
Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 6 m tall; flowers terminal, red-orange; peduncle elongated; inflorescence from trunk.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Erythrina
Authorship
L.