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Taxon:  Erythrina fusca Lour.



Summary
Genus:
Erythrina
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
15744
Place of publication:
Fl. cochinch. 2:427. 1790
Verified:
03/15/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Erythrina glauca Willd.
Erythrina ovalifolia Roxb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: = Erythrina glauca
  2. Albuquerque, J. M. 1980. Plantas tóxicas no jardim e no campo Note: = Erythrina glauca
  3. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 11:121-123. URL: http://proseanet.org
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Erythrina+fusca&quantity=1
  8. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). URL: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
  9. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  10. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  11. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  12. Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
  13. Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:340.
  14. Krukoff, B. A. 1972. Notes on Asiatic-Polynesian-Australian species of Erythrina, II. J. Arnold Arbor. 53:130.
  15. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  17. Little, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964-1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
  18. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
  19. Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  20. Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource). URL: http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html
  21. Perfecto, I. et al. 1996. Shade coffee: A disappearing refuge for biodiversity. BioScience 46:598-608. Note: this study mentioned Erythrina fusca as a shade tree for traditional coffe plantations
  22. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  23. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  24. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  25. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  26. Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
  27. Whitmore, T. C., ed. 1972-. Tree flora of Malaya.
  28. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
coral-bean –
purple coraltree –
swamp immortelle –
Spanish
ahuijote –
bucago –
bucare –
gallito de pantano –
palo santo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzaniaPemba 
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia Caroline Islands
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSamoa  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and GrenadinesSaint Vincent 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia n.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania [Pemba]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia (Caroline Islands)
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, West Indies, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines [Saint Vincent]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (n.), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamentalfide Lloydia 37:341.Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:340.
Environmentalshade/shelter Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalshade/shelterfide LLoydia 37:341.Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:340.
Human foodvegetable Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Erythrina glaucaAlbuquerque, J. M. 1980. Plantas tóxicas no jardim e no campo


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