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Erythrina corallodendron L.

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GENUS: Erythrina L.

Erythrina corallodendron L. [Preferred name]
    Corallodendron occidentale (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Erythrina corallifera Salisb. {Synonym}
    Erythrina corallodendron var. occidentalis L. {Synonym}
    Erythrina corallodendrum L. {Orthographic variant}
    Erythrina inermis Mill. {Synonym}
    Erythrina spinosa Mill. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Amapola [2157]; Arbre a Corail [2157]; Coral Bean Tree [1941]; Cutlass Bush [1056]; Devil's Tree [1790]; Duppy Machete [1056]; Immortel [1790]; Jumbie Bread [1790]; Lent Tree [1790]; Motel [1790]; Mourouc a Fleur de Corail [1941]; Nourouc [3056]; Nourouc a Fleur de Corail [3068]; Red Bean Tree [1790]; Shrove Tuesday [1790]; Spanish Machete [1056]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [210]; South Africa (I) [287]
  Asia
China (I) [1179, 3421]; Guangdong [3421]; Guangxi [3421]; Guizhou [3421]; Yunnan [3421]; Zhejiang [3421]; India (I) [1914]; Karnataka [1914]; Malaysia (I) [3011]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3011]; Taiwan (I) [1179, 1929, 3421]
  Caribbean
Barbados (N) [1790]; Cayman Is (N) [1056]; Dominica (N) [1790]; Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Grenada (N) [1790]; Guadeloupe (N) [1790]; Haiti (N) [285, 2157]; Jamaica (N) [285, 1056, 2157]; Martinique (N) [1790]; Montserrat (N) [285]; Puerto Rico (U) [1430]; St Kitts-Nevis (N) [1790]; St Lucia (N) [1790]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (N) [1790]; St Vincent (N) [1790]; Virgin Is (N) [285]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982]; Mauritius (I) [3056, 3063]; Agalega I [3063]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  South America
French Guiana (U) [1408]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1056, 1790, 1915, 1929, 1941, 1983, 2157, 3011, 3421, 3602] ; Illustration [285, 287, 1929, 3421]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1941] [3011] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [1915], Tree [1915] [1941] [3011] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1941] [3011] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Ku

  
USES:
  Environmental [210, 1941]; Miscellaneous [1056]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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.

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1179.

  Chen, Te-chao & Wu, Te-lin, 1986
    Typed Script(MO)130pp Enumeration Chinese Papilionoideae

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1430.

  Liogier, A.H., 1988
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

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

1929.

  Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H., 1977
    In:Li,H.L. et al.(Eds.) Flora of Taiwan, Vol.3:148-421.

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

1982.

  Du Puy, D.J., 1993
    Legumes of Madagascar. Typescripte.

1983.

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

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

3011.

  Corner, E.J.H, 1952
    Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.

3056.

  Bouton, L., 1857
    Trans.Roy.Soc.Arts Mauritius n.s.1:1-177 Medicinal plants...

3063.

  Bouton, L., 1871
    Trans.Roy.Soc.Arts Mauritius n.s.5:132-140 Letter to ...

3068.

  Bailey, D., 1971
    List of the flowering plants and ferns of Seychelles...ed.3

3421.

  Lee, S.K. & Chang, B.N., 1995
    Erythrina &... In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 41 (Leguminosae 3)

3602.

  Bailey, L.H., 1961
    Manual of cultivated plants. New York.
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