Leguminosae-pap Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) Cook

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Places where this species can be found :

Annandale Falls - GRENADA
Mount Qua Qua - GRENADA
Bylands - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Large deciduous tree, conspicuous in landscape across; Grenada when flowering, when a mass of orange flowers; Leaflets broadly ovate, up to 20cm long; stalk cup-like glands on rachis. Largest Petal curled back in open flower, bright orange. Pods papery, up to 25cm, not constricted between seeds; Seeds dark brown.

Interest
Names after E.F. Poepigg, a 19th Century Gernan botanist and explorer. Originally from Tropical America. Commonly used as a shade tree in coffee or cocoa plantations around the tropics. The leaves are a good green manure, and can be fed to cattle and goats, but cause the hairs to fall out of pigs. In Columbia the flowers are eaten in salads and soup; however some plant parts contain muscle relaxants alkaloides similar to curare (Hanum & Maesen, 1997).

Specimen information

Collection Date
11/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
466

Location
On nature trail near falls.

Notes
Tree 20m tall, 90cm dbh. BARK: pink-brown, vertically quilted, no spines. SLASH: very soft, chunky, thick, yellow, smell of green beans. LEAVES: with large glands, secondary and tertiary nerves slightly raised above and below. FLOWERS: fallen, orange-brown.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.050000 N Longitude: 61.430000 W Altitude: 170