Erythrina baumii Harms

First published in O.Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 263 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to Namibia. It is a perennial, subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Suffrutex with annual aerial stems arising from a woody rootstock.
Morphology Stem
Stems slender, up to 70 cm tall armed with scattered recurved prickles.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets densely golden-velvety when young, less dense when mature, sometimes aculeate on midvein above; terminal leaflet 6–10 × 3.5–8 cm, subrhombic to rhombic to broadly ovate or elliptic to lanceolate; lateral leaflets 6.5–9 × 4–6 cm, ovate-lanceolate to ovate or subrhombic; petiole and rhachis sometimes aculeate; petiole 6–16 cm long; rhachis 1.5–4 cm long; stipels 1–2 mm long, petiolules 3–5 mm long; stipules 5–6 mm long, ovate-lanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence erect, flowers appearing before or with young leaves; peduncle 10–20 cm long; rhachis 5–9 cm long, both densely grey tomentose; bracts linear, caducous; pedicels 2–4 mm long, densely grey tomentose; bracteoles 4–5 mm long, linear.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx spathaceous, 1.2–2 cm long, split ventrally almost to the base, densely white tomentose; lobes obscure, up to 3 mm long, incurved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla red, glabrous; standard 3–4.8 × 1–2 cm, narrowly elliptic, elliptic or oblong-elliptic; wings 7–14 × 4–6 mm; keel petals 4–9 × 4–7 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Vexillary stamen free almost to the base, others united along half their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 1.5–1.8 cm long, narrowly cylindrical, densely grey tomentose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod black, 5–9 × 1.4–1.6 cm, falcate, moniliform, c. 4-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds (fide Krukoff & Barneby) ochre, 8 × 6 mm, with a narrow black line near the hilum.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0