Tree Tuesday: Erythrina Abyssinica – Red Hot Poker Coral Tree
The Erythrina Abyssinica can be found in Africa, Asia and America. It comprises of a 120 species, a deciduous tree (annual leave shedding), fast growing, short and stout reaching a height of about 10 meters. You can find them in woodlands, grasslands and forests.
Photo was taken in the beginning of autumn (April)
This tree is suitable for the tropical areas with a high rainfall, it thrives in temperatures ranging between 10-30 degrees Celsius, well-drained clayey soil with a pH of 3.5-6.5 on plateaus and slopes.
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The bark is thick and corky with a rounded crown; leaves are 3-foloplate, long and prickly; flowers are scarlet red, cylindrical and split at one side; it has fruit pods of 3-12cm long.
They use this tree mostly as a living fence as it can produce a canopy of about 3.5 meters in diameter in less than a year. It is also used for soil conservation, erosion control and green manure. The dried-out fruit they use for necklaces; the bark as a textile dye; the wood for drums, carvings, floats for fishing nets and also firewood.
Photo was taken end of winter (August)
It has many uses as a medicinal plant and each part of this tree can be used. The fruit: are used to treat asthma and meningitis; flowers: used to treat dysentery and earache; leaves: for peptic ulcers and diarrhea; bark: to treat snake bites, malaria, liver inflammation and measles.
Sources:
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Erythrina+abyssinica
http://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Erythrina_abyssinica_(PROTA)
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plants/fabaceae/erythrina_abyssinica.htm
beautiful photo
Thank you very much padmakshi.
its prove the of beauty of an autumn.
We are lucky in my country as it does not get very cold so we have many beautiful plants growing in autumn and winter.
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Red Hot Poker Tree (Erythrina abyssinica), the bark of which is used in its native east Africa as a traditional medicine for snakebite, malaria and sexually transmitted diseases.
Thank you merosala. I love the different beauty the tree offers during the different seasons.
Amazing Picture. I don't think it will get
beautiful images like this
You must try ridwant, you will be surprised by what you can do when you focus and ply around with the settings. I am not a photographer and had to learn how to play with the light to capture the beauty I see around me. I make many mistakes still.
useful information
Thank you makram19. I love steemit because I am aware of more things around me and also learn new things every day.
Beautiful 😍
Thank you very much roone, I thought so too.
Nice clicks like the last onr
Thank you amanjain2k. I love the winter skies as it is bright blue and the flowers stand out more against it.
nice pics of nature
Thank you sunrays. Nature has so much to offer us and I often feel we do not take out enough time in our day to appreciate it to its fullest.
Really awesome pictures!
Thank you very much lwebster. I love this tree most in late autumn and early spring as the flowers are absolutely amazing against the blue skies.
Definitely worth an upvote and a resteem :)
Thank you very much opc, I truly appreciate your support. I love capturing that which stands out and is beautiful to me.