Erythrina humeana Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 243 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian bushland and thicket, Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Suffrutex with woody rootstock, rarely a small tree to 4 m tall, stems armed with scattered prickles, to 8 mm long.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 4.8–13.5 × 4.5–12.2 cm, ovate to broadly ovate, apiculate, often hastate with long apices, rarely narrowly oblong and acuminate, glabrous except when young; midvein and principal veins sparsely aculeate; petioles 2.5–13 cm long, usually armed with prickles; petiolules 3–5 mm long; stipules minute, caducous; stipels minute, glandular.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a terminal or axillary pseudoraceme, many-flowered; peduncle 7.7–28 cm long, glabrous; rhachis 5–13.5 cm long, glabrous; pedicels 2–6 mm long, ferruginous tomentose when young.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5-lobed, ferruginous tomentose when young; tube 7–10 mm; lobes 1.5–3 mm long, narrowly to broadly triangular.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla scarlet, glabrous; standard 2.4–4.8 × 1.6–2.4 cm, elliptic to obovate; wings 6–8 × 4–6 mm; keel 3–6 × 2–5 mm, the petals fused along their lower margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Vexillary stamen free almost to the base, others fused along two-thirds their length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 1–1.6 cm long, narrowly cylindrical, appressed hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod black, 10–25 cm long, woody, moniliform, 4–11-seeded, 1–3 aborting.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds red, 6–8 × 4–5 × 4–5 mm, reniform, with a black elliptic hilum.
[FZ]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146459555/146459557

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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]

Uses

Use
Environmental
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Dwarf Coral Tree

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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