Erythrina senegalensis DC.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Erythrina L.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [212]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Benin [212]
  • Cameroon [212]
  • Chad [262]
  • Gambia The [212]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Mali [212]
  • Niger [78]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Togo [212]

• Indian Ocean [1915]
  • Mauritius [1915]

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Notes:

• Very similar to E.cogelii (q.v.) FWTA, ref.212).
  
• Not in Sudan, according to K & B ref.285, although rec.in FPAES (ref.29).
  
• recorded for Gabon but questionable. [285]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:57:11