Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ahuijote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amasisa	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
bucago	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bucare	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coral-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erabadu	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
eritrina	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
gallito de pantano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katu kela	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
palo santo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
purple coraltree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swamp immortelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yak erabadu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
zimmortelle	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
කටු කෑල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
යක් එරබදු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Barks, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
seed, bark, root	fresh plant material, dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

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

Erythrina glauca Willd. Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 428 (1801).
Erythrina ovalifolia Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 254 (1832).
Corallodendron fuscum (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 172 (1891).
Corallodendron glaucum (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 172 (1891).
Corallodendron ovalifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 173 (1891).
Corallodendron patens (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 173 (1891).
Duchassaingia glauca (Willd.) Walp. Linnaea 23: 742 (1850).
Duchassaingia ovalifolia (Roxb.) Walp. Linnaea 23: 742 (1850).
Erythrina argentea Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 207 (1855).
Erythrina atrosanguinea Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 59: 93 (1911).
Erythrina caffra Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 394 (1845), nom. illeg.
Erythrina fusca var. inermis Pulle Nova Guinea 8: 651 (1912).
Erythrina moelebei Vieill. ex Guillaumin & Beauvis. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 38: 87 (1914).
Erythrina patens Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 2: 414 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erythrina fusca	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Erythrina fusca Lour.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Erythrina glauca Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Erythrina glauca Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Erythrina ovalifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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