Erythrina senegalensis Dc-holl
Erythrina senegalensis Dc-holl
Erythrina senegalensis Dc-holl
Erythrina senegalensis Dc-holl
Erythrina senegalensis Dc-holl
| Botanical Name | Erythrina senegalensis Dc-holl |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Erythrina |
| Species: | E. senegalensis |
| Common Names: | coral tree , Flame tree |
Plant Synonyms
Plant Local Names
Hausa Name: Majiriya
Igbo Name: Echi-chi
Yoruba Name: Ologun shehe
Plant Habitat
Plant Material of Interest
Bark, leaves, root
Plant Description
The plant is a shrub or tree. The lifespan is perennial. The stems are not climbing. Tree usually 304- 457cm high and shrubby but sometimes reaching 1524 cm in girth with crooked branches forming an irregular crown. Leaves rather variable, with the common stalk 5- 15cm long to the base of the terminal leaflet. Flowers in slender racemes up to 30.5cm long; the individual flowers in groups of 2 or 3 with slender stalks about 0.064cm long, fruit shortly velvety 8- 17cm long (Sofowora, 1984)
Plant Used Parts
Plant Uses
i. The bark is in high repute, medicinally. It is chiefly used for jaundice, administered with food.
ii. It is widely used for gonorrhoea, in the form of an infusion, often mixed with spices, honey.
iii. The bark and leaves are pounded and mixed with palm soup to cure barrenness in women.
iv. For dysentery the root is used along with the bark (Medicinal Plants of Nigeria, 2006).
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Plant Dosage Forms
Plant Dosage
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Plant Constituents
Stem bark contains isoflavones, erysenegalensein D, 5,7,2, 4- tetrahydroxy-6-(y,-y-dimethylallyl)-8-(2’’’hydroxy-3’’’- methylbut-3’’’-enyl) isoflavone and erysenegalensein E, 5,7,4’-trihydroxy-6-(y-y-dimethylallyl)-8-(2’’’-hydroxy-3’’’-enyl) isoflavone in addition to the known compounds, 8-prenyl-luteone and 6,8-diprenylgenistein, have been isolated and characterized. Their structures were determined by the usual spectroscopic methods and by 2D NMR techniques.
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