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Other popular names, usually local and particular to distinct species, liken the flowers' red hues to those of a male chicken's wattles, and/or the flower shape to its leg spurs. Commonly seen Spanish names for any local species are bucaré, frejolillo or porotillo, and in Afrikaans some are called kafferboom (from the species name Erythrina ...
Spanish red, an iron oxide red [18] also known as torch red, is the color that is called rojo (the Spanish word for "red") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.
In pre-Hispanic art, the brightly colored images were often fantastic and macabre. [3] [8] Influences from Mexico City's Chinatown, especially in the dragons, and Gothic art such as gargoyles can be seen. [12] Red cardboard demons called judas, which Linares made, are still made to be burned in Mexico during Holy Week in purification rituals. [8]
Ipomoea lobata, the fire vine, firecracker vine or Spanish flag [1] (formerly Mina lobata), is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, native to Mexico and Brazil. [ 2 ] Growing to 5 m (16 ft) tall, Ipomoea lobata is a perennial climber often cultivated in temperate regions as an annual .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Very slightly purplish, deep red For the pigments used to make the color, see Carmine. "Carmine red" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Carmine red (RAL). Carmine Powdered carmine pigment Color coordinates Hex triplet #960018 sRGB B (r, g, b) (150, 0, 24) HSV (h, s, v) (350°, 100% ...
escarlata = scarlet: from Pers. سقرلات saqerlât "a type of red cloth". a rich cloth of bright color. a vivid red that is yellower and slightly paler than apple red; jazmín: jasmine. From Persian yasmin via Arabic. kan/jan = from Persian khan (خان) meaning "inn", derives from Middle Persian hʾn' (xān, “house”)
A tree blooming in Brisbane, Australia. Erythrina crista-galli is a small tree, the girth of its trunk measuring 50 cm (20 in). Normally it grows 5–8 m (16–26 ft) tall, although some individuals, such as in the Argentine provinces of Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán, can grow up to 10 m (33 ft).
The tree is called the devil's, monkey's or Mexican hand tree or the hand-flower in English, the árbol de las manitas (tree of little hands) in Spanish, Canak in Mayan and mācpalxōchitl [2] (palm flower) in Nahuatl, all on account of its distinctive red flowers, which resemble open human hands. The scientific name means "five-fingered hand ...