Dapdap

Erythrina variegata, known as tiger's claw, Indian coral tree, and dapdap in many languages of the Philippines, is a thorny deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, the Indian subcontinent, northern Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific east to Fiji. It bears pinnate leaves of three leaflets, dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers, and black seeds. In the Philippines its bark and leaves are used in alternative medicine. The seeds are poisonous raw, and together with the bark they were used to stupefy fish. The flower is the official flower of Okinawa Prefecture, where it is called deigo. In Sri Lanka its blossoming is associated with the New Year in April, and in Fiji, where it is called drala, drara or rara, its flowering marks the traditional time to plant taro.