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Erythrina guineensis

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Name

Identification
Erythrina guineensis G.Don [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Erythrina senegalensis DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Krukoff,B.A.,
Related name
  • Erythrina guineensis
  • Erythrina vogelii
  • Erythrina senegalensis

Flora

Entry for ERYTHRINA senegalensis DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
ERYTHRINA senegalensis DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prod. ii. 413. Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 224.
ERYTHRINA latifolia Schum. et Thonn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Pl. Guin. 333.
ERYTHRINA guineensis G. Don [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Gard. Dict. ii. 371.
ERYTHRINA Vogelii Hook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Nigr. 367.
Macrocymbium Vogelii Walp. [family ], in Flora, 1853, 149.
Information
A tree 8–16 ft. high, with woody branches armed with small firm falcate prickles 1/8 in. long from a dilated base. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 2–3 in. long, woody, glabrous, prickly; leaflets ovate-oblong, terminal one 4–5 in. long, 2–2 1/2 in. broad, coriaceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in short-stalked lax racemes 6–9 in. long, the axis pubescent, the lower ones fascicled in threes. Bracts 1/4 in. long, linear, pubescent, deciduous. Pedicels 2 lines long, pubescent. Calyx 4–5 lines deep, the mouth oblique to a shallow slit at the keel. Corolla bright crimson; standard obovate-oblong, 1/2 in. broad, protruding an inch beyond the calyx, the wings equalling the calyx, the keel shorter. Pod 4–5 in. long, 3/8– 1/2 in. thick, consisting of 4–6 globes enclosing a seed each, with a long pedicel and deep constrictions between them.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea Leprieur and Perrottet, Whitfield!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Afzelius! Don! Hutton! Dr. Kirk!Guinea proper Upper Guinea Thonning, and others.
Notes
Flowers contemporaneous with the leaves. A specimen without flowers and fruit, gathered in Abyssinia by Petit, is referred here by A. Richard. The genus Macrocymbium of Walpers owes its origin to a misprint in the description of E. Vogelii in the Niger Flora.

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