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Erythrina abyssinica DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Erythrina L.

Erythrina abyssinica DC. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]
    Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [220]
    Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]
    Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [210]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [210]
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [210], Somalia-Masai woodland [210]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210], Zambezian woodland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Very variable (FTEA ref.210).
  Two subspecies, abyssinica & ??ex Angola (FTEA,ref.210).


DATA SOURCES:

210.

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

220.

   Troupin,G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda
    Flore du Rwanda

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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