Erythrina stricta is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832.Roxburgh W (1832) Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3: 251. It is now placed in the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Phaseoleae. This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent,Sanjappa M (1992) Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987 Flora of Bhutan, Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG. IndochinaThuan N (1979) Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol. 17. and China.Lee SK, Chang BN (1995) Erythrina: Fl. Reip. Pop. Sinicae, 41 (Leguminosae 3). There is one valid variety: E. stricta var. suberosa. It is called တောင်ကသစ် in Burmese, ทองเดือนห้า (RTGS: thongduean, IPA: [tʰɔːŋdɯːan]) in Thai and 勁直刺桐, Pinyin: jìn zhí cìtóng in Chinese and വെൺമുരിക്ക് in Malayalam.
Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine
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