Erythrina corallodendron, the red bean tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.[1] It is native to the Caribbean; Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands, and the Windward Islands, and has been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Réunion, and the Malay Peninsula.[2] A small tree usually tall, but rarely reaching, and with showy flowers, it is often planted as an ornamental.[3]