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Taxon:  Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan



Summary
Genus:
Erythrophleum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Caesalpinieae
Nomen number:
100131
Place of publication:
Taxon 9:194. 1960
Verified:
05/26/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Fillaea suaveolens Guill. & Perr.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cameroun. 1963-
  3. Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
  4. Bonnier, C. 1957. Symbiose Rhizobium-légumineuses en région équatoriale. Publ. Inst. Natl. Étude Agron. Congo Belge, Sér. Sci. 72:1-67.
  5. Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
  6. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  7. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
  8. Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
  9. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  10. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  11. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  12. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  13. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
English
erun –
ordealtree –
red-water-tree –
sasswoodtree –
sassybark –
sassy-bark-tree –
French
bois rouge –
tali –
Portuguese
mancône –
Swedish
tali –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Zimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCote D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
Native

  • REGION:
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialswood Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100131. Accessed 27 May 2026.


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