Herbarium JCB

Erythrina stricta Roxb.

Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Erythrina stricta Roxb.
Common name : Indian Coral tree
Vernacular name : Keechige (Kannada); Murukkai (Tamil); Mullamodugu (Telugu); Chaldua (Oria); Aann-murikku, Mullumurukku, Murikku, Venmurukku (Malayalam);
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Dry deciduous forests and often planted
Comments / notes : Occasional on plains to 1000m
Key identification features : Deciduous tree with recurved prickles on branchlets; flowers red
Flower, Fruit : January-May
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district
- Karnataka : Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, The Nilgiri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
World Distribution : India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Erythrina stricta. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.