corallodendron, noun
- Forms:
- Also corallodendrum, coralodendrum.
- Origin:
- GreekShow more Previous generic or specific name, from Greek corallion coral + dendron tree.
obs.
The coral tree or (offensive) kaffirboom.
- Note:
- Although the scientific name was changed to Erythrina caffra as early as 1827, ‘corallodendron’ continued as a common name for a time.
1809 J. Mackrill Diary. 55Corallodendron, The Coral Tree, appears to be what the French call Bois immortel...Grows in strand street — a diadelphous flower.
1870 C. Hamilton Life & Sport in S.-E. Afr. 15Here I first saw a beautiful plant, called the coralodendrum, or Kaffir boom.
The coral tree or (offensive) kaffirboom.
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