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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: E. variegata has large natural distribution in the tropics and has been introduced into a large number of countries for cultivation. The original distribution is considered to be from India to Malaysia but the species has spread towards Africa and Polynesia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia (Ashmore-Cartier Is., Australian Capital Territory, Lord Howe Is., New South Wales, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, Queensland, South Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Victoria, Western Australia, Western Australia); Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Anhui, Anhui, Fujian, Fujian, Gansu, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangxi, Guizhou, Guizhou, Hebei, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang, Henan, Henan, Hubei, Hubei, Hunan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jiangxi, Jilin, Jilin, Liaoning, Liaoning, Ningxia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shandong, Shanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Zhejiang); Fiji; Hong Kong; India (Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Assam, Bihar, Bihar, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Daman, Delhi, Delhi, Diu, Diu, Goa, Goa, Gujarat, Gujarat, Haryana, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Karnataka, Kerala, Kerala, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Manipur, Manipur, Meghalaya, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Mizoram, Nagaland, Nagaland, Orissa, Orissa, Pondicherry, Pondicherry, Punjab, Punjab, Rajasthan, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, West Bengal); Indonesia (Bali, Bali); Madagascar; Maldives; Myanmar; New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tonga; Vanuatu
Introduced:
Belize; Brazil; Cape Verde; Djibouti; Dominican Republic; Egypt; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Malaysia; Martinique; Mauritius; Montserrat; Nepal; Nigeria; Puerto Rico; Senegal; Singapore; Sudan; Uganda; United States
Upper elevation limit (metres): 500
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Population [top]
Population: There is no data available relating to population size.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The taxon is found in coastal lowland bush and shrubland areas and the dry edges of mangrove forests usually on sandy loams. The rainfall in its native distribution ranges between 800 mm to 1,500 mm with a temperature range of 20–32°C. The taxon is known to be drought tolerant.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Erythrina variegata is used as a windbreak and shade tree within commercial plantations, as a hedge and for cultivated and grown for its ornamental value. It is also used for fodder and medicinal purposes. It is used in traditional medicine across its native range including China and India to treat a range of aliments including joint pain and parasitic infections. Scientific bodies have isolated numerous constituents and chemical components that show potential for commercial medicines (Tanaka et al. 2004).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no major threats to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: This species is known to occur within the protected areas network and seeds have been collected as a method of ex situ conservation by the Millennium Seed Bank Project.
Citation: Groom, A. 2012. Erythrina variegata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19891448A20072331. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891448A20072331.en. Downloaded on 06 May 2016.
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