Erythrina stricta is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832.

This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent,[2][3] Indochina[4] and China.

[5] There is one valid variety: E. stricta var.

It is called တောင်ကသစ် in Burmese, ทองเดือนห้า (RTGS: thongduean, IPA: [tʰɔːŋdɯːan]) in Thai and 勁直刺桐, Pinyin: jìn zhí cìtóng in Chinese and വെൺമുരിക്ക് in Malayalam.

Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine[6]