Erythrina stricta

Erythrina stricta

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]

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. ^ Singh, Harkishan; Chawla, Amrik Singh; Kapoor, Vijay K.; Kumar, Narotam; Piatak, D. M.; Nowicki, W. (September 1981). "Investigation of Erythrina SPP. IX. Chemical Constituents of Erythrina stricta Bark". Journal of Natural Products. 44 (5): 526–529. doi:10.1021/np50017a002.