Erythrina velutina Willd.

First published in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 426 (1801)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as animal food and a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 10–150 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: La Guajira, Magdalena.
Habit
Tree.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: savanna, shrubland.
Vernacular
Pionía
[UPFC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Bico-de-papagaio, Coral Tree, Eritrina-molungu, Imortelle, Mulungu, Red Bead Tree, Red Bean Tree
[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]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Tree to 20 m tall with spines on trunk and branches
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets rhomboid-ovate to subrotundate, tomentose beneath, mostly 5–15 cm long and up to 10 cm broad
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence 12–25 cm long; standard up to 6 cm long, vermillion; wing and keel petals olive brown with crimson margins. Pods mostly 8–13 cm long; seeds red, ca. 1.5 cm long
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Native of northern S. America; widely planted and naturalised elsewhere.
[Cayman]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 10 - 150 m.; Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use
Environmental, Miscellaneous
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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