Common Coral Tree

lysistemon: "with a loose stamen"

Small to medium sized deciduous tree, which flowers before the new leaves arrive. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to heart-shaped with a distinctly tapering apex. Inflorescences usually held horizontal, bright scarlet. Fruit a slender pod, which is deeply constricted between the seeds. The seeds are bright orange-red with a black spot.

Common

Elisabethiella comptoni ()

Botswana, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa