Erythrina fusca Lour.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Erythrina fusca Lour.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Thella boditha (Telugu)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Mostly planted and in wild along banks of rivers
  • Flower, Fruit : January-May
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Common
    • Kerala : Alappuzha district
    • Odisha : Puri district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • West Bengal : Howrah
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Central American Pacific Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jawa, Laos, Leeward Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Central American Pacific Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jawa, Laos, Leeward Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Islands
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. PP. 651.Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Erythrina fusca
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Erythrina fusca. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

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