kaffir boom

Noun

• small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles

• small semi-evergreen tree of South Africa having dense clusters of clear scarlet flowers and red seeds

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Cape kafferboom , Erythrina caffra , Transvaal kafferboom , Erythrina lysistemon