Erythrina poeppigiana
Erythrina poeppigiana
(Walp.) O. F. Cook
| Ordre | Fabales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Fabaceae |
| Genre | Erythrina |
2n =
Origine : Amérique du Sud
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | ' |
|---|---|
| Anglais | ' |
- ornemental
- plante auxiliaire
- arbre d'ombrage (plantations de café)
- planté en haies
Sommaire
Description
Noms populaires
| français | immortel jaune (Guadeloupe, Martinique) ; bois immortel (Haïti) (Rollet) |
| anglais | mountain immortelle (Barbade) (Gooding) (Rollet) |
| espagnol | madre árbol, madre de cacao, amasisa, oropel (Pérou), anauca (Amérique du Sud), barbatusco, cámbulo (Colombie), bucare, piñón de sombre (Cuba), pito extranjero (Amérique centrale) (Mansfeld) |
Classification
Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O. F. Cook (1901)
basionyme :
- Micropteryx poeppigiana Walp. (1851)
synonyme :
- Erythrina micropteryx Poepp. ex Urb. (1899), nom. illeg.
Cultivars
Histoire
Usages
In the American tropics formerly widely grown as shade tree for coffee and cocoa and therefore like similar-used species of Erythrina often called madre arbol or madre de cacao, valued for the production of green manure and mulch; although more recently less often cultivated because of the necessary labour-consuming pruning work. In Central America it was introduced as a shade tree already at the beginning of the 20th cent. and replaced at that time successfully Inga species which had been grown earlier for that purpose. In Central America E. poeppigiana is frequently planted as living fence. More seldom the species had been cultivated to shadow tea plantations in S and SE Asia or in African countries.
Références
- Rollet, Bernard et coll., 2010. Arbres des Petites Antilles. Tome 1 : Introduction à la dendrologie. 276 p. Tome 2 : Description des espèces. 866 p. + 46 pl. coul. + CD de photos sur l'anatomie du bois. Basse-Terre, ONF. Voir sur Pl@ntUse.
