Erythrina crista-galli
naturalizedFabaceae

Erythrina crista-galli

Cockspur coral tree

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

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 (Spanish), corticeira (Portuguese) and the more ambiguous bucaré, to name a few. Its specific epithet crista-galli means "cock's comb" in Latin.

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Seasonality
39 flowering · 0 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak May) fruiting (peak January)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

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Where documented · 51 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 179 · GBIF 68 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 40 · GBIF 10
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 7
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 5
Makawao · MauiiNat 10 · GBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 1
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honokahua · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Aʻapueo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1