Erythrophleum africanum

Erythrophleum africanum, the African blackwood, is a legume species in the genus Erythrophleum found in savannahs of tropical Africa.^[1] It produces a gum similar to gum arabic.^[2]

Erythrophleum africanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Erythrophleum
Species:	E. africanum
Binomial name
Erythrophleum africanum (Welw. ex Benth.) Harms

The larvae of Charaxes phaeus, the demon emperor, and of Charaxes fulgurata, the lightning charaxes, feed on E. africanum.

This plant is toxic to herbivores. Phytochemical constituents detected in the leaves aqueous extracts are saponins, cardiac glycosides, tannins, flavonoid glycosides, free flavonoids and alkaloids.^{[citation needed]} The plant also yields dihydromyricetin.^[3]

See also

• List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes