Cockspur coral tree vs Harimau

Erythrina crista-galli compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

Cockspur coral tree is Least Concern while Harimau is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cockspur coral tree	Harimau
Kingdom	Plantae (tumbuhan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Erythrina	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Erythrina crista-galli	Panthera tigris

Conservation Status

Cockspur coral tree

LC — Least Concern

Harimau

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cockspur coral tree	Harimau
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cockspur coral tree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Libya, Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Harimau

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cockspur coral tree

The cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli) is a striking deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae native to the warm-temperate and subtropical riverbanks, gallery forests, and seasonally flooded grasslands of South America, particularly in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Paraguay. It has been widely planted and naturalised worldwide in warm climates as an ornamental, chosen for its spectacular racemes of vivid scarlet, claw-shaped flowers — borne on thorny stems before or alongside the new leaves — that attract hummingbirds and other nectarivores. The species name crista-galli means cock's crest in Latin, describing the red comb-like flower shape. Growing to 5–10 metres, the tree develops a gnarled, spreading crown and thick, spongy bark. In Argentina, E. crista-galli is the national tree — known locally as ceibo — and the ceibo flower is the national flower, celebrated in art, literature, and folklore. The tree's hollow, water-filled stems and lightweight wood allow it to survive periodic flooding; in southern Brazil it is characteristic of the pantanal and riverine woodland ecosystems. Pods containing bright red seeds — toxic if ingested — split when mature. The bark and flowers have traditional medicinal uses in South American folk medicine. Erythrina crista-galli is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN given its wide native distribution and extensive cultivation globally.

Harimau

The largest wild cat on Earth, tigers can exceed 300 kg and inhabit forests from the Russian Far East to Southeast Asia. Solitary ambush predators with distinctive orange and black striped coats that provide camouflage in dappled light. Critically endangered, with fewer than 4,000 remaining in the wild due to poaching and deforestation.