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Datasheet

Erythrina abyssinica (red hot poker tree)

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Summary

  • Last modified
  • 15 May 2008
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Host Plant
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Erythrina abyssinica
  • Preferred Common Name
  • red hot poker tree
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Plantae
  •         Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •             Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •                 Class: Dicotyledonae
  • Uses List
  • Agroforestry
  • Carved material
  • Dye/tanning
  • Fodder/animal feed
  • Fuelwood
  • Honey/honey flora
  • Miscellaneous materials
  • Ornamental
  • Soil improvement
  • Source of medicine/pharmaceutical

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Pictures

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PictureTitleCaptionCopyright
Tree showing the trunk and the corky bark, growing in the Harare National Botanic Gardens, Zimbabwe.
TitleE. abyssinica tree
CaptionTree showing the trunk and the corky bark, growing in the Harare National Botanic Gardens, Zimbabwe.
CopyrightDzingai Rukuni
Tree showing the trunk and the corky bark, growing in the Harare National Botanic Gardens, Zimbabwe.
E. abyssinica treeTree showing the trunk and the corky bark, growing in the Harare National Botanic Gardens, Zimbabwe.Dzingai Rukuni
Shiny leaves showing the trifoliolate arrangement; largest leaflet rounded to 15 cm, branchlets and leaf undersides covered with grey-brown hairs. The terminal leaf is larger than the other two.
TitleLeaves
CaptionShiny leaves showing the trifoliolate arrangement; largest leaflet rounded to 15 cm, branchlets and leaf undersides covered with grey-brown hairs. The terminal leaf is larger than the other two.
CopyrightDzingai Rukuni
Shiny leaves showing the trifoliolate arrangement; largest leaflet rounded to 15 cm, branchlets and leaf undersides covered with grey-brown hairs. The terminal leaf is larger than the other two.
LeavesShiny leaves showing the trifoliolate arrangement; largest leaflet rounded to 15 cm, branchlets and leaf undersides covered with grey-brown hairs. The terminal leaf is larger than the other two.Dzingai Rukuni

Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC.

Preferred Common Name

  • red hot poker tree

Other Scientific Names

  • Erythrina bequaertii De Wild.
  • Erythrina eggelingii Baker f.
  • Erythrina tomentosa R. Br. ex A. Rich.

International Common Names

  • English: erythrina; kiffir boom; lucky bean tree; Uganda coral tree

Local Common Names

  • East Africa: mwamba ngoma
  • Germany: Korallenstrauch, Abyssinischer; Korallenstrauch, Äthiopischer
  • Kenya: exirikiti; kibuti; muhuti; ol-goroshe
  • Rwanda: umuko; umurinzi
  • Tanzania: olowani; ongaboli
  • Uganda: muyirikiti
  • Zimbabwe: munhimbiti; mutiti; mutsiti; umgqogqogqo

EPPO code

  • ERZAB (Erythrina abyssinica)

Trade name

  • lucky bean tree

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Plantae
  •         Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •             Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •                 Class: Dicotyledonae
  •                     Order: Fabales
  •                         Family: Fabaceae
  •                             Subfamily: Faboideae
  •                                 Genus: Erythrina
  •                                     Species: Erythrina abyssinica

Uses List

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Animal feed, fodder, forage

  • Fodder/animal feed

Environmental

  • Agroforestry
  • Soil improvement

Fuels

  • Fuelwood

General

  • Ornamental

Human food and beverage

  • Honey/honey flora

Materials

  • Carved material
  • Dye/tanning
  • Miscellaneous materials
  • Wood/timber

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

  • Source of medicine/pharmaceutical

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