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Erythrina stricta

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Species of plant

Erythrina stricta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Millettioids
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Genus: Erythrina
Species: E. stricta
Binomial name
Erythrina stricta
Roxb.
Synonyms
  • Corallodendron strictum (Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Erythrina stricta var. yunnanensis (H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yu ex S.K.Lee) R.Sha
  • Erythrina yunnanensis H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yu ex S.K.Lee
  • Micropteryx stricta (Roxb.) Walp.

Erythrina stricta is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832. It is now placed in the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Phaseoleae. This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent, Indochina and China. There is one valid variety: E. stricta var. suberosa. It is called တောင်ကသစ် in Burmese, ทองเดือนห้า (RTGS: thongduean, IPA: ) in Thai and 勁直刺桐, Pinyin: jìn zhí cìtóng in Chinese and വെൺമുരിക്ക് in Malayalam.

Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine

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References

  1. Roxburgh W (1832) Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3: 251.
  2. Sanjappa M (1992) Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...
  3. Grierson,A.J.C. & Long,D.G., 1987 Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG.
  4. Thuan N (1979) Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol. 17.
  5. Lee SK, Chang BN (1995) Erythrina: Fl. Reip. Pop. Sinicae, 41 (Leguminosae 3).
  6. 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Erythrina stricta
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