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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Millettioids |
| Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
| Genus: | Erythrina |
| Species: | E. stricta
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| Erythrina stricta Roxb.
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Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine[6]
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ Roxburgh W (1832) Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3: 251.
- ^ Sanjappa M (1992) Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...
- ^ Grierson,A.J.C. & Long,D.G., 1987 Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG.
- ^ Thuan N (1979) Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol. 17.
- ^ Lee SK, Chang BN (1995) Erythrina: Fl. Reip. Pop. Sinicae, 41 (Leguminosae 3).
- ^ 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.
External links
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Media related to Erythrina stricta at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Erythrina stricta at Wikispecies- 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). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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