Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mulungu	Other	Local Markets & Med. Pl. Commerce, Brazil (Monteiro et al., 2010) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Local Markets & Med. Pl. Commerce, Brazil (Monteiro et al., 2010)
leaves, stem		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
stem bark, fruit dried		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, fruit dried		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chirocalyx velutinus (Willd.) Walp. Flora 36: 148 (1853).
Corallodendron velutinum (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 173 (1891).
Erythrina aculeatissima Desf. Tabl. École Bot.: 191 (1804).
Erythrina aurantiaca Ridl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 30 (1890).
Erythrina splendida Diels Biblioth. Bot. 29: 96 (1937).
Erythrina velutina f. aurantiaca (Ridl.) Krukoff Brittonia 3: 329 (1939).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chirocalix velutina	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Erythrina velutina Willd.	Local Markets & Med. Pl. Commerce, Brazil (Monteiro et al., 2010) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Chirocalix velutina

Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

Erythrina velutina Willd.

Local Markets & Med. Pl. Commerce, Brazil (Monteiro et al., 2010)
Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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