Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Erythrina lysistemon Hutch..

Erythrina lysistemon Hutch.

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Erythrina L.

Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. [Preferred name]
Erythrina caffra sensu auct. {Misapplied}

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Coral Tree [3716]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Botswana (N) [210]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210, 1915]; Swaziland (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
Asia: India (I) [1914, 3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957, 3705]
Australasia: Australia (I) [1880]; Queensland [1880]
Indian Ocean: Mauritius (I) [1915]
Pacific Ocean: New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [24, 210, 287, 3705, 3716] ; Illustration [285, 287, 288, 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, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

USES:
	Environmental [210, 3705]

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.

288.		Codd, L.E., 1956
		Bothalia 6:507-11. Notes on certain S.A.Erythrina spp.

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

1880.		Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
		Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

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

1915.		Polhill, R, M., 1990
		Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1957.		Rudd, V.E., 1991
		A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2265.		Horn, P.E., 1988
		Herbarium References

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

3705.		Maxwell, R.H., 1991
		In:Dassanayake,M.D. & Fosberg,F.R.(Eds.) A revised handbook

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