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Erythrina subumbrans

Taetapu (MG)

Dadap

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dadap

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Taetapu (MG); Other Polynesian - Gatae Pālagi (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE se.Asia - Philippines - Indonesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (post-1930), Naturalised; Land, lowlands, horticultural - inland valleys

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: manure

KEY FEATURES: Tree to 15m. LEAVES terminal clusters, alternate, compound, stalk 20cm, 3 leaflets. LEAFLETS rhomboid, dull green; central largest, wide-oval, 20x15cm, tip sharp, stalklet without nodules. FLOWERS terminal spike to 20cm, blooming serially from base; red; pea-like, main petal (=standard) oval, 40mm, with white veins; stamens and style, clustered. FRUIT pod, to 15x2.5cm, flat, curved, outer section fertile with 1-5 dark brown seeds.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See Coral Tree (Erythrina variegata).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++	+	-	-	-		-		-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Erythrina subumbrans (Hassk.)
SYNONYMS: Hypaphorus subumbrans; Erythrina lithosperma [sensu authors]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); FABACEAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Occasionally planted for soil enrichment and windbreaks (AW90).

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.457 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.445 Hortus 3rd
p.3/204 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.362c Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands
p.49 McCormack/Kunzle - Rarotonga's Mountain Tracks and Plants

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM03a, zupM03b, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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