Erythrina dichotoma" plantations. "E. lanceolata" in particular is considered highly suitable as "frame" tree for vanilla vines to grow up on. The conspicuous, even dramatic coral trees are widely used as floral emblems. cockspur coral tree ("E. crista-galli") is the national flower of Argentina and Uruguay. The coastal coral tree ("E. caffra") is the official city tree of Los Angeles, California, where it is referred to simply as the "coral tree". The state trees of Mérida and Trujillo in Venezuela are "bucaré ceibo" ("E. poeppigiana") and purple coral tree ("bucaré anauco, E. fusca"), respectively. Yonabaru, Okinawa as well as the Okinawa
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower beautiful portrait to grace the Shrine upon its opening. The original painting was restored with the support of the Strake Foundation of Houston and reinstalled in a place of honor in the Basilica in 2007.It is wide by tall, and is located in the undercroft of the church. Now that the National Shrine of the Little Flower has joined the ranks of a minor basilica, the church's ecclesiastical throne has become, symbolically, a papal throne. The throne is original to the Basilica and has been used by various visiting prelates for over 70 years. Most recently it has been used