PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / FABALES / FABACEAE / PAPILIONOIDEAE / PHASEOLEAE / ERYTHRINA / ACANTHOCARPA
Perennial shrub, up to 2 m high; rootstock enlarged. Stems succulent, much branched. Leaves with lateral leaflets 25-47 x 20-45 mm; terminal leaflet 30-48 x 25-55 mm. Flowers: inflorescence erect, appearing with leaves; calyx broadly campanulate, obscurely 5-toothed, green with purple flush; standard tricoloured, red proximally grading to yellow distally with green tip; Sep.-Jan. Pods subligneous, aculeate; seeds brown. From: Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Fabaceae: Erythrina L. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 530-530. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Shrub, 1-2 m high; grows in masses forming low thickets. Branches armed with prickles. Leaves 3-foliate; petioles armed with prickles. Leaflets widely ovate or transversely elliptic, apiculate or subacute. Flowers orange-scarlet; horizontal or ascending at anthesis, not gaping; appearing simultaneously with leaves; peduncle 10 mm long. Calyx green with purple flush; tube widely campanulate; glabrous or thinly villous outside. Petals: standard tricoloured, red proximally grading to yellow distally with green tip; keel segments free. Stamens diadelphous, exserted. Flowering time spring to summer. Pod brown, constricted, armed with prickles. Seeds brown; hilum pale. From: Boatwright, JS; et al. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Zastron Moist Grassland. From: Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Fabaceae: Erythrina L. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 530-530. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Closed shrubland or woodland habitat; Sub-Escarpment Grassland, Sub-Escarpment Savanna. From: Boatwright, JS; et al. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Introduced from the Eastern Cape by French missionaries. From: Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Fabaceae: Erythrina L. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 530-530. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
September to January
250 to 1500 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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LES
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NW
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Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| tamboekiedoring | Afrikaans | Boatwright, JS; et al.. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. | |
| tambookie thorn | English | Boatwright, JS; et al.. 2019. Fabaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2): 926-1066. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. | |
| tambuki thorn | English | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| tambukidoring | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| tambukiwortel | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| wag-'n-bietjie | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| wag-'n-bietjie-doring | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Fabales
FAMILY Fabaceae
SUBFAMILY Papilionoideae
TRIBE Phaseoleae
GENUS Erythrina
SPECIES acanthocarpa
27 results for Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey.
Barcode: PRE0385786-0 Collector(s) & number: Sim, TR, 2305 | --
South Africa, Eastern Cape, QUEENSTOWN DIV.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0385784-0 Collector(s) & number: Helmer, O, 356 | 1919--
South Africa, Eastern Cape, QUEENSTOWN DIV.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0016938-0 Collector(s) & number: Everett, NBG 159/33 | 1943-5-14
South Africa, Western Cape, Hort Kirstenbosch Deli.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE1015036-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, MJ, 22 | 2009-11-12
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Long hill/ Queenstown.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0024412-0 Collector(s) & number: Pringle, V, s.n. | 1959-9-12
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Bedford Dist. On a farm between Bedford and Sheldon Station.
General notes: Flowers red with green tips.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0385785-0 Collector(s) & number: Reynolds, GW, 1606 | 1935-10-
South Africa, Eastern Cape, CATHCART DIV; TYLDEN; AND ALONG QUEENSTOWN RD NR.CARLSRUST SIDING AND BOWKERS PARK
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Barcode: PRE0385787-0 Collector(s) & number: Story, R, 417 | 1945-11-16
South Africa, Eastern Cape, QUEENSTOWN; E. OF PENLINI ON QUEENSTOWN-ISOMO RD.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0385779-0 Collector(s) & number: Ecklon, CF, 243 | --
South Africa, Eastern Cape, TAMBUKILAND; KEI RIVER
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0016937-0 Collector(s) & number: Everitt, NBG 187/37 | 1943-11-8
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Queenstown.
General notes: Scarlet, shading to greenish yellow at tip.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0459775-0 Collector(s) & number: Sidey, JL, 3847 | 1963-10-
South Africa, Eastern Cape, QUEENSTOWN DIV.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0385783-0 Collector(s) & number: Curson, HH, PRE 53290 | 1946-11-28
South Africa, Eastern Cape, GLEN GREY
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0082141-0 Collector(s) & number: Bayliss, RDA, 2983 | 1965-9-19
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Cathcart Dist. Cathcart.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0807867-0 Collector(s) & number: Condy, GS, 97 | 1995-12-22
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Queenstown: N6 Cathcart / Queenstown Road, next to 40 km Cathcart milestone; Western side road - opposite picnic site (1.35 km before R61 Transkei bridge crossing).
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0385780-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 1653 | 1893-10-
South Africa, Eastern Cape, QUEENSTOWN; PLAINS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0029732-0 Collector(s) & number: Thorp, E, s.n. | 1938-9-29
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, In Botanic Gardens, Durban.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0385788-0 Collector(s) & number: Pole-Evans, IB, PRE 2997 | 1925-9-
South Africa, Eastern Cape, QUEENSTOWN DIV.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0385778-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 11843 | 1945-10-9
South Africa, Eastern Cape, TSOMO
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Fabaceae Boatwright, JS; et al.In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(2)926-1066
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2017
SERIES CHAPTER
Fabaceae: Erythrina L. Grobler, A; Retief, E; Meyer, NLIn: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 530-530
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1997
1926
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey. Phillips, EP; Lansdell, KAFlowering Plants of South Africa 6: , t.203
No results found for Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey.
Status and criteria
LC
Assessor(s)
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