Plant Details

Accepted name:: Erythrina abyssinica Lam. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbre corail	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
dus	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
esebe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
felei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
flame tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
garacha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gorgorwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iseve	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaborte	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kakaruet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kikumbu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kikumbu ki nzambi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kipisorwet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kogoruet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
korkorwo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kuara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kumurembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lucky bean	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lucky-bean tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbamba ngoma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mgalla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mu-buti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muhuti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muvuti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwamba ngoma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol-opongi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
orembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red hot poker tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red-hot poker tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
umtembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umuko	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
zuwawue	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Erythrina tomentosa (Hochst.) R.Br. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 213 (1848).
Erythrina webberi Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 373 (1929).
Chirocalyx abyssinicus (Lam.) Hochst. Flora 29: 600 (1846).
Chirocalyx mollissimus Meisn. London J. Bot. 2: 98 (1843).
Chirocalyx tomentosus Hochst. Flora 29: 600 (1846).
Corallodendron abyssinicum (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 172 (1891).
Corallodendron huillense (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 173 (1891).
Corallodendron suberifera (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 173 (1891).
Erythrina abyssinica subsp. suberifera (Welw. ex Baker) Verdc. Kew Bull. 24: 284 (1970).
Erythrina bequaertii De Wild. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 8(Suppl. Bot.): 15 (1920).
Erythrina comosa Hua Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 52 (1898).
Erythrina eggelingii Baker f. J. Bot. 76: 238 (1938).
Erythrina huillensis Welw. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 183 (1871).
Erythrina kassneri Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 375 (1929).
Erythrina mossambicensis Sim Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 43 (1909).
Erythrina pelligera Fenzl Flora 27: 312 (1844).
Erythrina platyphylla Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 376 (1929).
Erythrina suberifera Welw. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 183 (1871).
Erythrina suberosa Welw. Syn. Madeir. Drog. Med.: 30, n.° 73 (1862), nom. illeg.
Erythrina tomentosa var. longicauda Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa 2: 374 (1929).
Erythrina warneckei Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 375 (1929).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erythrina abyssinica	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Erythrina abyssinica Lam.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erythrina abyssynica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Erythrina tomentosa R.Br.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erythrina webberi Baker f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erytrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC.	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

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