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
The Miao Flower Mountain Festival around the tree, and that year the crops grew well. The Miao attributed the successful growth of their crops to the ritual, and continued to practice it. Since then, every participant puts on their best attire and heads into the mountains to plant a flower. In celebration, they hold events such as bullfighting, lion dances and pole-climbing. The pole-climbing event is especially important to the Miao, and whoever wins is awarded a pig's head and good wine. In 2014, the festival was approved by the state council and listed in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage as a