Cockspur coral tree...

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Cockspur coral tree...
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Copyright: Juan Martin Steinhaeuser (Juan_Martin) (8)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Nikon D 80
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-25 8:28
Viewed: 497
Points: 0
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...(lat. Erythrina crista-galli, South America: Ceibo)...

The ceibo blossom is the Argentinian national flower and belongs to the so called butterfly flower plants...

The coral tree contains poisons in all parts of the plant which cause similiar reactions like curare, which was taken for animal hunting by the aborigines in former times...


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