Erythrina zeyheri Harv.

Suffrutex, up to 0.5 m high. Stems branched, perennial, subterranean from an enlarged rootstock, Leaves with lateral leaflets 40-150 x 20-170 mm; terminal leaflet 55-320 x 35250 mm, armed with prickles on veins of upper and lower surfaces; stipules triangular. Flowers: peduncles longer than aerial stems; calyx narrowly campanulate, distinctly 5-toothed; corolla bright red; Oct.-Dec. Pods subligneous, falcate, smooth, unarmed; seeds red.

Found in grassland, but more frequently in moist vleis with clay soils, sometimes in sandy soils. The plant usually grows in colonies. Found in woodland and lightly wooded grassland.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.