Erythrina sigmoidea Hua

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Erythrina

Characteristics

Flowers red, in racemes nearly as long as the leaves.
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Stems armed with stout recurved prickles
A small savannah tree, 10–20 ft. high
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.02 - 5.55
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Open forest on temporarily flooded sand; forest patch in sandy-clayey soil on hardpan; savannah; gravelly soils along streams; at elevations from 1,080-1,780 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fuel material medicinal social use wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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 -

Distribution

Erythrina sigmoidea world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, and Togo

Conservation status

Erythrina sigmoidea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:494581-1
WFO ID wfo-0000181143
COL ID 6H3ZY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Erythrina eriotricha Erythrina sudanica Erythrina sigmoidea Erythrina eriotriocha Erythrina dybowskii