Summary
Place of publication:
M. Micheli, J. Bot. (Morot) 6:145. 1892
Verified:
03/15/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 8:231-278.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
- Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:358.
- Roshetko, J. M. et al. 1996. Selecting species of nitrogen fixing fodder trees. Nitrogen fixing trees for fodder production: a field manual. 1996 19-24.
- Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. Lost crops of the Incas. 1989
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
English
basul – Spanish (Colombia)
balu – chachafruto –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Antioquia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Boyaca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Cauca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Cundinamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Putumayo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Santander | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Tolima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Azuay | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Canar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Chimborazo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Cotopaxi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Imbabura | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pichincha | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Sucumbios | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Tungurahua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Zamora-Chinchipe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Apurimac | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ayacucho | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cuzco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huanuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Junin | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Southern America
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MESOAMERICA:
Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia [Antioquia, Boyaca, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima], Ecuador [Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Loja, Napo, Pichincha, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe], Peru [Apurimac, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huanuco, Junin]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 8:231-278. |
Environmental | shade/shelter | | Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 8:231-278. |
Human food | seeds | | Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 8:231-278. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=15740.
Accessed 5 October 2024.