| Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew: 422 (1933) |
| Information on the genus : Erythrina |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Erythrina caffra var. mossambicensis Baker f. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 2-12(-20) m; bark grey or grey-brown, smooth, not corky, with prickles; branches armed with prickles. |
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| Ecology : |
Dry habitats with scrub and wooded grassland; deciduous woodlands; bushland; also coastal sand dunes; 0-1950 m alt. |
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Botswana, S. Africa, Swaziland. |
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Cultivated in many parts of the world. |
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Forming hybrids with E. abyssinica and E. latissima (cf. under E. x coddii ). |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. Pl. South Africa 2: t.59 (1922).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°63796 |
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