Erythrina stricta

Erythrina stricta is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832.^[1] It is now placed in the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Phaseoleae. This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent,^[2][3] Indochina^[4] and China. ^[5] 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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Clade:	Millettioids
Tribe:	Phaseoleae
Genus:	Erythrina
Species:	E. stricta
Binomial name
Erythrina stricta Roxb.
Synonyms
Corallodendron strictum (Roxb.) Kuntze Erythrina stricta var. yunnanensis (H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yu ex S.K.Lee) R.Sha Erythrina yunnanensis H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yu ex S.K.Lee Micropteryx stricta (Roxb.) Walp.

Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine^[6]

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