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(Last Modified On 9/27/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/27/2013)
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Species
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Erythrina edulis Triana ex Micheli
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PlaceOfPublication
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J. Bot. 6; 145. 1892.
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Note
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TYPE: Colombia, Triana (K, holotype, not seen).
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Description
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Tree, sometimes armed. Leaves with leaflets ovate to broadly ovate, mostly 8-21 cm long, 5.5-16.5 cm wide, apically acute or acuminate, basally rounded, truncate, obtuse or cuneate, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous, not waxy, the principal secondary veins 7-12 on each side; costa sometimes armed; petioles puberulent, glabrescent, mostly 11-36 cm long; petiolules 3-11 cm long, 1.5-3.5 mm thick; rachises densely puberulent. Inflorescences with the bracts mostly lanceolate, to 5.2 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, the smaller ones broader; bracteoles resembling the smaller bracts but usually smaller, fruiting pedicels 0.7-1 cm long. Flowers with the calyx thin, papery, broadly campanulate, 8-11 mm long on the lower side, 7-10 mm long on the upper side, 8-10 mm wide at the mouth, the margin irregularly lobed, pubescent; standard broadly elliptic, 2-3.5 cm long, 1- 2.5 cm wide, emarginate or retuse, clawed, the wings variously shaped, 3-6.5 mm long, the keel petals elongate orbicular, often lobed ventrally near the apex, 10-20 mm long; stamens 2-3.5 cm long; ovary 1.8-3 cm long, densely pubescent, stipitate. Legume somewhat woody, thick, mostly 13-25 cm long, ca. 2 cm wide, the acumen ca. 2 cm long, the stipe slender, 3.5-4.5 cm long; seeds 5-6, dark brown, 25-35 mm long, 10-18 mm wide, soft, drying wrinkled.
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Habit
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Tree
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Note
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Erythrina edulis is cultivated for its pods which are boiled or fried.
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Distribution
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ranges from Panama to Bolivia
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Elevation
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1,000-2,500 m
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Note
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In Panama it is known only from upland Chiriqui, but it sometimes occurs nearly at sea level.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Finca Collins, Boquete, Blum & Dwyer 2530A (SCZ). Lower road to Bajo Mono, Folsom et al. 2229 (MO). N slope of Baru E of Bajo Chorro region, 600-6500 ft, Hammel 3017 (MO). Quebrada El Velo near Finca Lerida, 1700 m, Nee 10624 (MO). Bajo Mono ca. 3 km NW of Boquete, 1400 m, Skog et al. 4062 (MO). Boquete above Jaramillo, N slopes of Cerro Palo Alto, 4000 ft, Webster 16663 (MO).
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