Taxon: Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan

Common names:

• erun   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr )
  
• ordealtree   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr )
  
• red-water-tree   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr )
  
• sasswoodtree   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr )
  
• sassy-bark   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 )
  
• sassy-bark-tree   (Source: Dict Econ Pl )
  
• bois rouge   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) [French]
  
• tali   (Source: Ency WTimber ) [French]
  
• mancône   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) [Portuguese]
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Use Pl WT Afr; Leg Africa)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Erythrophleum suaveolens from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
  South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe

References:

• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flore du Cameroun. (F Cameroun)
• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
• Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali)
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber) [also as E. guineense].
• Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. (F Togo)
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. (Leg Africa)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Erythrophleum suaveolens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Erythrophleum suaveolens. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (≡) Fillaea suaveolens Guill. & Perr. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan:

• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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