Erythrina lysistemon Hutch.

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Erythrina lysistemon

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road to Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa

Erythrina lysistemon

Photo: Bart Wursten
Road to Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms: Erythrina caffra auct.
Common names: Common coral-tree (English) Lucky-bean tree (English) Sacred coral-tree (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Small to medium sized deciduous tree, which flowers before the new leaves arrive. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to heart-shaped with a distinctly tapering apex. Inflorescences usually held horizontal, bright scarlet. Fruit a slender pod, which is deeply constricted between the seeds. The seeds are bright orange-red with a black spot.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: lysistemon: "with a loose stamen"
Habitat: Mainly on the fringes of woodland and in rocky submontane grassland at higher altitudes.
Altitude range: 500 - 1900 m
Flowering time: Jul - Oct
Worldwide distribution: Botswana, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa
Mozambique distribution: N,Z,MS,M
Growth form: T
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Friday 10 August 2012
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Other sources of information about Erythrina lysistemon:

African Plant Database: Erythrina lysistemon
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Erythrina lysistemon
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Erythrina lysistemon
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Erythrina lysistemon
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Erythrina lysistemon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Erythrina lysistemon
JSTOR Plant Science: Erythrina lysistemon
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Erythrina lysistemon
Tropicos: Erythrina lysistemon
West African Plants database: Erythrina lysistemon


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Erythrina lysistemon.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131500, retrieved 19 June 2013

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