Fabaceae
Erythrophleum

Erythrophleum lasianthum Corbishley

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 27 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique to S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168996859/169318217

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007

Morphology General Habit
Tree up to 14 m high.
Morphology General Indumentum
Young branches and leaf rachides glabrous to shortly and thinly puberulent or pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: petiole and rachis together 6–20 cm long; pinnae 2–4 pairs; pinna rachis 8–18 cm long; leaflets (7)10–13 per pinna, (2)2.5–5(6) × 1.3–3.5 cm, similar in shape and texture to those of E. suaveolens, both surfaces completely glabrous; leaflet petiolules 3–4 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 5–10 cm long including a peduncle 0.8–1.8 cm long, the axis and peduncle densely puberulous to pubescent with appressed or shortly spreading rusty-brown hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers (7)9–11 mm from base of pedicel to anthers, cream to greenish-yellow; pedicel 2–3 mm long at anthesis.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2–3 mm long, fused for third to half its length, rusty-brown pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3–4 mm long, pubescent particularly at their margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen filaments with soft, irregular, spreading hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (7)11–15 × 2.9–4.2 cm excluding the stipe, sometimes curved, rounded to pointed at the apex, scarcely woody, dehiscing simultaneously along both margins; stipe 1–2 cm long, ± asymmetrically placed; seeds probably potentially 8–10 × 10–12 × 4–6 mm, ± ellipsoid.
[FZ]

Uses

Use
Medicine, Toxins
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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/

  • 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 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