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Erythrina latissima E.Mey.

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Erythrina L.

Erythrina latissima E.Mey. [Preferred name]
Erythrina gibbsae Baker {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Botswana (N) [285]; Mozambique (N) [285]; South Africa (N) [285]; Swaziland (N) [285]; Zimbabwe (N) [285]
Asia: India (I) [1914, 3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian wooded grassland [285];
    Zambezian woodland [285];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [24, 210, 287, 293, 1983, 3716] ; Illustration [285, 287, 293, 410, 3716]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.		Thulin, M., 1983
		Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

210.		Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
		Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

285.		Krukoff, B.A. & Barneby, R.C., 1974
		Lloydia 37(3):332-459 Conspectus...of the genus Erythrina

287.		Hennessy, E.F., 1972
		South African Erythrinas. Durban,Wildl.Prot.& Cons.Serv.S.A.

293.		Hennessy, E.F., 1976
		Flowering Plants of Africa 43:1710. Erythrina latissima

410.		Onderstall, J., 1984
		Transvaal Lowveld & Escarpment... South Afr.Wild Fl.Guide 4.

1914.		Sanjappa, M., 1992
		Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1983.		Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
		Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

3366.		Sanjappa, M., 2000
		Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3716.		Ellison, D.P., 1995
		Cultivated plants of the World-trees,shrubs,climbers.Brisban