Back حمرية سندويشية Arabic حمريه سندويشيه ARZ Erythrina sandwicensis CEB Wiliwili German Erythrina sandwicensis Spanish ویلیویلی Persian Erythrina sandwicensis French Erythina sandwicensis Macedonian വിലിവിലി Malayalam Эритрина гавайская Russian
| Wiliwili | |
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| Raceme of wiliwili | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Erythrina |
| Species: | E. sandwicensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Erythrina sandwicensis | |
Wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis) is a species of tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the only species of Erythrina that naturally occurs there. It is typically found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on leeward island slopes up to an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft).
Wiliwili means "repeatedly twisted" in the Hawaiian language and refers to the seedpods, which dehisce, or twist open, to reveal the seeds.
- ^ Grave, E.; Kroessig, T. (2020). "Erythrina sandwicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T120702630A120702761. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T120702630A120702761.en. Retrieved 11 August 2023.