Erythrina stricta

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Erythrininae
Genus: Erythrina
Subgenus: E. subg. Erythrina
Sectio: E. sect. Suberosae
Species: Erythrina stricta
Varieties: E. s. var. suberosa
Name

Erythrina stricta Roxb.
References

Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:251. 1832
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erythrina stricta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Erythrina stricta is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832.[1] It is now placed in the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Phaseoleae. This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent,[2][3] Indochina[4] and China. [5] There is one valid variety: E. stricta var. suberosa.

Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine[6]

References

Roxburgh W (1832) Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3: 251.
Sanjappa M (1992) Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...
Grierson,A.J.C. & Long,D.G., 1987 Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG.
Thuan N (1979) Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol. 17.
Lee SK, Chang BN (1995) Erythrina: Fl. Reip. Pop. Sinicae, 41 (Leguminosae 3).
Singh, Harkishan; Chawla, Amrik Singh; Kapoor, Vijay K.; Kumar, Narotam; Piatak, D. M.; Nowicki, W. (September 1981). "Investigation of Erythrina SPP. IX. Chemical Constituents of Erythrina stricta Bark". Journal of Natural Products. 44 (5): 526–529. doi:10.1021/np50017a002.