Erythrina rotundata-obovataBaker,f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Erythrina melanacanthaTaub. ex Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
Erythrina rotundata-obovata
Erythrina burana
Erythrina melanacantha
Erythrina unrecorded
Flora
Entry for ERYTHRINA melanacantha Taub. ex Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ERYTHRINA melanacanthaTaub. ex Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1897).
Information
Tree, 4–20 m tall; trunk with corky bosses; branches bearing curved prickles. Leaflets rounded-obovate, rhombic or broadly elliptic, 2–9 x 1.5–12 cm, rounded or slightly emarginate at the apex, finely stellate tomentose beneath at least when young; petiole and often midrib of leaflets prickly. Calyx split down one side but otherwise entire or nearly so, with very short whitish to ferruginous stellate pubescence. Standard red, 4–7.5 cm long, 3 to 4 times as long as the keel. Pod oblong, curved, (10–)13–30 cm long, tomentose when young, later glabrous, (2–)6–11-seeded.