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The seeds of at least one-third of the species contain potent erythrina alkaloids, and some of these are used for medicinal and other purposes by indigenous peoples. [14] [15] [16] They are all toxic to some degree, however, and the seeds of some can cause fatal poisoning.
No non-native species of Erythrina is known to be naturalized in Hawaiʻi. [4] The wiliwili is distinguished from the other seven cultivated species by a pod with only one to three red or yellow-orange seeds, which sink in water; [10] non-native Erythrina have pods with larger numbers of brown seeds, which float in water. [11]
Erythrina herbacea, commonly known as the coral bean, Cherokee bean, Mamou plant in South Louisiana, red cardinal or cardinal spear, is a flowering shrub or small tree found throughout the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico; [2] it has also been reported from parts of Central America and, as an introduced species, from Pakistan.
Erythrina berteroana is a species of small deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Mexico, Central America and the northern part of South America. Common names include elequeme, gallito, machete, pernila de casa, pito and poró de cerca. [1] It is a common tree in the drier parts of its range and has many traditional uses.
E. variegata is known as dapdap in many languages of the Philippines [5] where its bark and leaves are used in alternative medicine. [6] E. variegata is often used in agroforestry systems. It can be used for fodder as its foliage has a good nutritive value for most livestock. [7] The seeds are poisonous in their raw state but can be cooked and ...
The flower is edible, This tree is very popular with kids who use the flowers as a little knives to stab each other. The ground seeds and bark are used as poison, The tree is also used to make traditional crafts in many Mexican states, specially traditional dance masks [4] [dead link ] and is also used as fence post in many parts of Veracruz Mexico, it is a beautiful and hardy tree, some ...
Erythrina lysistemon is a species of deciduous tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is native to South Africa . Common names include common coral-tree , lucky bean tree , umsintsi ( Xhosa ), muvhale ( Venda ), mophete ( Tswana ), koraalboom of kanniedood ( Afrikaans ), mokhungwane ( Sotho ) and mutiti ( Shona ).
Erythrina abyssinica (lucky bean or flame tree) is a tree species of the genus Erythrina belonging to the plant family of the Fabaceae (or Leguminosae) described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1825. This leguminous tree species is native to East Africa, Eastern DRC and southern Africa. In Zimbabwe its range overlaps with the similar ...