Plant Details

Accepted name:: Erythrina crista-galli L. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ceibo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ceibo macho	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
choipo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
eritrina	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
seibo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
seibo entrerriano	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Leaf, Stem bark		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Corallodendron crista-galli (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 172 (1891).
Erythrina compacta W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 60: 4 (1871).
Erythrina crista-galli var. corallina N.F.Mattos Loefgrenia 71: 3 (1977).
Erythrina crista-galli var. hasskarlii Backer Voorl. Schoolfl. Java: 87 (1908).
Erythrina crista-galli var. leucochlora Lombardo Arb. Arbust. Paseos Publ.: 5 (1961).
Erythrina crista-galli var. longiflora M.A.Zapater & E.C.Lozano Darwiniana 48: 185 (2010).
Erythrina fasciculata Benth. Linnaea 22: 518 (1849).
Erythrina graefferi Tineo Cat. Pl. Hort. Panorm.: 278 (1827).
Erythrina laurifolia Jacq. Observ. Bot. 3: 1 (1768).
Erythrina pulcherrima Tod. Nuov. Gen. Sp.: 70 (1861).
Erythrina speciosa Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1860: 11 (1860), nom. illeg.
Micropteryx crista-galli (L.) Walp. Linnaea 23: 740 (1851).
Micropteryx fasciculata (Benth.) Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 425 (1852).
Micropteryx laurifolia (Jacq.) Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 425 (1852).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erythrina crista-galli	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Erythrina crista-galli L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Erythrina crista-galli L. var. crista-galli	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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