Erythrina abyssinica Lam.

Species

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Characteristics

A tree. It grows 40 m tall. The bark is corky and has furrows. The branches have spines. The crown is rounded. The leaves are diamond shaped and hairy. They are 15 cm long. The flowers are bright red. They hang down in groups. The fruit are curved pods. These are 10-15 cm long. There are 5-8 bright red seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Found in various habitats including open woodlands, forest clearings, grasslands, and lowland woodlands from around 60 metres up to elevations of 2,000 metres or more except in very dry or high altitude areas.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows between 200-2,500 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places. In Zimbabwe it grows between 800-1,750 m above sea level. In Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
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Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Caution: The seeds are poisonous.
Uses animal food bee plant dye environmental use fodder food forage fuel gum hedge material medicinal poison social use timber vertebrate poison wood
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Laxative (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings. It can be cut back and will re-grow.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 16 - 26
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Erythrina abyssinica leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Erythrina abyssinica leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Erythrina abyssinica world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Erythrina abyssinica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494336-1
WFO ID wfo-0001054737
COL ID 3BDFD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Erythrina webberi Erythrina eggelingii Erythrina warneckei Erythrina tomentosa Erythrina suberifera Erythrina huillensis Erythrina pelligera Erythrina tomentosa Erythrina comosa Erythrina bequaertii Erythrina kassneri Erythrina platyphylla Erythrina tomentosa Corallodendron suberiferum Corallodendron abyssinicum Chirocalyx abyssinicus Chirocalyx mollissimus Chirocalyx tomentosus Erythrina mossambicensis Corallodendron huillense Erythrina tomentosa var. longicauda Erythrina abyssinica subsp. suberifera Erythrina abyssinica