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|image = Erythrina fusca.jpg

|species = '''''E. fusca'''''

|binomial = ''Erythrina fusca''

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''E. fusca'' is a [[deciduous]] tree with spiny [[Bark (botany)|bark]] and light orange [[flower]]s. Its legume pods reach {{convert|20|cm|in}} in length and contain dark brown [[seed]]s. The seeds are [[Buoyancy|buoyant]], allowing them [[Drift seed|disperse across oceans]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.seabean.com/newsletters/vol07-1.pdf |title=Notes On The Ocean Dispersal of Coral Beans |first=Wayne P. |last=Armstrong |journal=The Drifting Seed |date=May 2001 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=5–6}}</ref> The tree is highly adapted to coastal conditions, tolerant of both flooding and [[Halophyte|salinity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Publicat/Gutt-shel/x5556e0b.htm |title=Erythrina Species - Pantropical Multipurpose Tree Legumes |first=D.L. |last=Kass |work=Forage Tree Legumes in Tropical Agriculture |publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref>

 

Like many other species in the genus ''[[Erythrina]]'', ''E. fusca'' contains [[Toxin|toxic]] [[alkaloid]]s which have been utilized for medicinal value but are [[poison]]ous in larger amounts. The most common alkaloid is [[erythraline]], which is named for the genus.

 

The new buds and leaves are eaten as a vegetable. In [[Thailand]] fresh ''Erythrina fusca'' ({{lang-th|ทองหลาง}}) leaves are often eaten in [[Miang kham]] ({{lang-th|ทองหลาง}}).<ref>[ftp://smc.ssk.ac.th/intranet/Research_AntioxidativeThaiVegetable/www/Native_veg/v142.html ทองหลาง]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

 

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928063750/http://www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd8/1/cuellar.htm Study: ''E. fusca'' as a protein supplement for cattle]

*[http://waynesword.palomar.edu/coraltr1.htm Flowers, Pollination & Ocean Dispersal In Coral Trees (Erythrina)]