Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Erythrina L.

Erythrina stricta Roxb.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan, Guangxi) and Indo-China.

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Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree

[ILDIS]
Use
Medicine, Toxins, Wood

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Is., Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Lesser Sunda Is.

Erythrina stricta Roxb. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 251 (1832)

Accepted by

  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ambasta, S. P. (1986). The useful plants of India
  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Naithani, H. B. et al. (1997). Forest flora of Goa. Dehra Dun.
  • Polunin, O. & Stainton, A. (1984). Flowers of the Himalayas

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