coral-bean vs mortel

Erythrina fusca compared with Erythrina mitis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	mortel
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Erythrina	Erythrina
Species	Erythrina fusca	Erythrina mitis

Evolutionary Relationship

coral-bean and mortel share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Erythrina.

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

mortel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	mortel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

mortel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Sao Tome and Principe and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe