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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

Articles

Erythrina resupinataRoxb. (Leguminosae:Papilionoideae), a less-known but a potential ornamental from India and Nepal

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/173083

Published 2023-07-27

  • Sanjappa Munivenkatappa
    • ,
  • Dhatchanamoorthy Narayanasamy
    • ,
  • Kumar Dinesh
    • ,
  • Paneru Dipa

Sanjappa Munivenkatappa
Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065.

Dhatchanamoorthy Narayanasamy
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Trans Disciplinary University, # 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Yelahanka, Bengaluru 560 064

Kumar Dinesh
Prakriti Farms Nursery, Ghantaghar Mudapar road, Bramhad watika, Chhattisgarh 495677.

Paneru Dipa
Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University Kathmandu

Abstract

Erythrina resupinata Roxb. has been described with recent collections from India and Nepal. It is a little known species with unique habit within the genus and exhibits sparse distribution. Its IUCN conservation status is provisionally assessed as ‘Endangered’ based on limited field observations and data from herbarium specimens. This species is worth domestication as an ornamental for its attractive bright scarlet flowers arising from perennial rootstock.

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