Erythrina stricta explained

Erythrina stricta is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832.^[1] It is now placed in the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Phaseoleae. This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent,^{[2] [3]} Indochina^[4] and China. ^[5] There is one valid variety: E. stricta var. suberosa. It is called တောင်ကသစ် in Burmese, ทองเดือนห้า (RTGS: thongduean, IPA: [tʰɔːŋdɯːan]) in Thai and 勁直刺桐, Pinyin: jìn zhí cìtóng in Chinese and വെൺമുരിക്ക് in Malayalam.

Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine^[6]

External links

• • • Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D.. 2011. 11 August 2022. Species 2000: Reading, UK..

Notes and References

1. Roxburgh W (1832) Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3: 251.
2. Sanjappa M (1992) Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...
3. Grierson,A.J.C. & Long,D.G., 1987 Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG.
4. Thuan N (1979) Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol. 17.
5. Lee SK, Chang BN (1995) Erythrina: Fl. Reip. Pop. Sinicae, 41 (Leguminosae 3).
6. Investigation of Erythrina SPP. IX. Chemical Constituents of Erythrina stricta Bark . 10.1021/np50017a002 . Journal of Natural Products . September 1981 . 44 . 5 . 526–529 . Singh . Harkishan . Chawla . Amrik Singh . Kapoor . Vijay K. . Kumar . Narotam . Piatak . D. M. . Nowicki . W. .