Erythrina abyssinica
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Plantae - Leguminosae/Fabaceae
Plant Part Origin(s): Root and stem bark Seeds Root bark Stem bark
Known use: Erythrina species have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases, especially microbial infections. Erythrina abyssinica Lam. is an important medicinal plant in Sudan; it has been used in folk remedies by the Sudanese habitants for the treatment of various ailments; its bark was used for the treatment of coughs, skin ailments, ulcers, abdominal pain, vomiting, liver inflammation, colic, trachoma and elephantiasis, flowers for the treatment of dysentery and abortifacient, leaves for the treatment of peptic ulcers, arthralgia and diarrhea, roots for the treatment of epilepsy, malaria and syphilis, and fruits for the treatment of asthma.
Source availability: Herbarium of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan. Herbarium of the Botany Department, University of Nairobi. Kobe Pharmaceutical University and at Eastern African Herbarium. not specified Department of Botany, Makerere University, Uganda. Not specified
Taxonomy: Link
Wikipedia: Link
Regions: North Africa East Africa
Countries: Uganda See Comment 1 (Source Organism) Sudan Kenya
Places of collection: Thika town Mukono Not specified See Comment 1 (Source Organism) Meru district Kadogli, Nuba Mountain; Southern Kordofan State, about 900km West to Khartoum Town
GPS coordinates: Unavailable
Collection dates: Feb. 15, 1992 May 7, 1995 Dec. 1, 2001 June 1, 2005 Dec. 1, 2006 Aug. 7, 2008 Nov. 12, 2009
