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Erythrina poeppigiana

(Walp.) O.F.Cook (1901)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Erythrina

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: U.S.D.A. Div. Bot. Bull. 25: 57 (1901)

Other References

Daehler & Baker 2006:7 (NEWNAT/O, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Erythrina poeppigiana Lawai Valley, Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, lower valley Preserved_Specimen Calyx yellow-green with orange tinting at base and more prominently at apex. Standard very brilliant orange-yellow, keel brownish-orange Flynn, T.W. 2097 Kauai BISH 1987-03-18
2 Erythrina poeppigiana College grounds on rockery Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1920-02-15
3 Erythrina poeppigiana Kauai Koloa District. National Tropical Botancial Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Lower Valley legume area, W bank of Lawai Stream. Preserved_Specimen Tree 10 m tall, crown dense, trunk 130 cm dbh, bark brown smooth 2 scattered short thorns, shallowly furrowed. Pods brown, papery, dehisced, w 1-2 shiny brown seeds. Cult. Lorence, D.H. 11007 Kauai BISH 2024-05-22
4 Erythrina poeppigiana Haukulu, bordering Paradise Park; Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Lowland mesic setting. Preserved_Specimen Flowers orange; unplanted 20 meter tall tree with dozens of seedlings in the vicinity. Daehler, C. 1212 Oahu BISH 2005-05-24
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