Erythrina sigmoidea Hua, Fabaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 6 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Erythrina dybowskii Hua; Erythrina eriotricha Harms; Erythrina lanata Taub. ex Gilg; Erythrina sudanica Baker f.

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Tree 3-6 m, or 10-20 m; stem armed with stout recurved prickles; bark brownish yellow or cream, thick and corky; branches grey-green, velvety pubescent" (African Flowering Plants Database).

"A small savannah tree, 10-20 ft. high, stems armed with stout recurved prickles; flowers red, in racemes nearly as long as the leaves."  (Aluka).

Habitat/ecology:  A species of the African savanna (Aluka).  "Open forest on temporarily flooded sand; forest patch in sandy-clayey soil on hardpan; savanna; gravelly soils along streams; to 1080-1780 m altitude"  (African Flowering Plants Database).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  "Senegal to N. Nigeria, and into E. Cameroun, Chad and Central African Republic"  (Aluka).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1987) (voucher ID: BISH 599350) Taxon name on voucher: Erythrina sigmoidea Hua
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced cultivated	Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2008) Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden

Additional information:
Additional online information about Erythrina sigmoidea is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Erythrina sigmoidea as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Erythrina sigmoidea may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Other Latin names:  Erythrina dybowskii Hua; Erythrina eriotricha Harms; Erythrina lanata Taub. ex Gilg; Erythrina sudanica Baker f.

References:

Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.). 1987. Voucher specimen #BISH599350(Flynn, T. 2096).

Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. 2008. Annotated checklist of cultivated plants of Hawai‘i (online searchable database).