Taxon:
Erythrina humeana Spreng.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 3:243. 1826
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Hennessy, E. F. 1991. Erythrineae (Fabaceae) in Southern Africa. Bothalia 21:9.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:408.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: mentions
- van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Common names
English
dwarf coraltree – dwarf erythrina – dwarf Kaffirboom – Afrikaans
kleinkoraalboom –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | e. |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province (e.), KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |