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Erythrina arborescens Roxb.

Species

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Characteristics

Trees. Trunk and branches with prickles. Stipules small; petiole longer than leaflets, without or with a few prickles; ter­minal leaflet reniform, 8-20(-25) cm, both surfaces glabrous, base truncate or almost cordate, margin entire, apex acute; lat­eral leaflets obliquely broadly cordate. Raceme solitary in axil of terminal leaf, erect, longer than leaves. Flowers in clusters of 3, red, pendulous; bract 1, ovate. Calyx turbinate, truncate or unequally 2-lobed. Corolla red; standard subovate, boat-shaped, ca. 3.2 cm; wings obliquely ovate, shorter than keels; keels ca. 1/2 as long as stamens. Filament slightly shorter than standard, connate near base. Ovary long stipitate; style as long as sta­mens. Legume curved, 12-19 × 2-3 cm, with obvious beak and stipe. Seeds 5-10, white or brown, reniform, ca. 2 cm. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Aug-Feb. 2n = 42.
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A tree. The trunk and branches have prickles. The leaves have leaflets and the end leaflet is kidney shaped and 8-20 cm long. The base is heart shaped. The side leaflets are broadly heart shaped. The flowers are in the axils of the last leaf. There are 3 flowers in a cluster. The are red and hang down. The pod is curved and 12-19 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. It has a beak at the end. There are 5-10 seeds. They are white or brown and kidney shaped. They are 2 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open places, generally around villages, at elevations from 1,500-3,000 metres. Mountain valleys, grassy slopes; at elevations from 400-2,100 metres.
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Open places, generally around villages, at elevations from 1,500-3,000 metres. Mountain valleys, grassy slopes; at elevations from 400-2,100 metres.
It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain valleys and grassy slopes up to 2,100 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses afforestation hedge material medicinal ornamental wood
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Skin diseases (bark), Hair loss (leaf), Ascariasis (leaf), Cardiovascular agents (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Gout (root), Antirheumatic agents (seed), Hemagglutination (seed), Parasympatholytics (stem), Spasm (stem)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Erythrina arborescens world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494350-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185017
COL ID 3BD84
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Erythrina arborescens Erythrina tienensis Duchassaingia arborescens Erythrina moorii Corallodendron arborescens
WorldFloraDB 2024