Erythrina berteroana is a small deciduous tree in the Fabaceae family, found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It is also known as elequeme, gallito, machete, pernila de casa, pito, and poró de cerca. This tree is common in drier regions and has many traditional uses. It grows up to 15 meters tall with thorny branches and trifoliate leaves. Its flowers are pink or red and appear at the same time as the leaves. The tree is pollinated by hummingbirds and produces woody pods with bean-like seeds. It is found in areas with high rainfall and acidic soil. Erythrina berteroana is used for food, fodder, living fencing, soil enrichment, shade, and traditional medicine. Its bark and seeds contain toxic alkaloids and can be used as a poison. The timber is lightweight and can be used for carving.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Erythrina neglecta	Krukoff & Moldenke	Phytologia1: 287 (1939)

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Language	Common/alternative name
Arabic	حمرية برتروانية
guc	patsua
Malayalam	എറിത്രിന ബെർട്ടെറോന

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- East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania

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  - Mexico Gulf
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  - Cuba
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  - Panamá
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
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  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000180543
Tropicos	13009248
INPN	629665
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:96559-2
The Plant List	ild-2674
Open Tree Of Life	3921474
NCBI Taxonomy	1471844
IUCN Red List	204910065
IPNI	96559-2
iNaturalist	289892
GBIF	5349775
EPPO	ERZBE
EOL	644105
USDA GRIN	15733
Wikipedia	Erythrina_berteroana

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Pest categorisation of Diaprepes abbreviatus

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A

EFSA J

15-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10648563
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8318
PMID:	38027434

Multiscale predictors of small tree survival across a heterogeneous tropical landscape

Helmer EH, Kay S, Marcano-Vega H, Powers JS, Wood TE, Zhu X, Gwenzi D, Ruzycki TS

PLoS One

15-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10016699
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0280322
PMID:	36920898

Browse from Three Tree Legumes Increases Forage Production for Cattle in a Silvopastoral System in the Southwest Amazon

Dablin L, Lewis SL, Milliken W, Monro A, Lee MA

Animals (Basel)

17-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8698037
doi:	10.3390/ani11123585
PMID:	34944360

Microstructural Surface Properties of Drifting Seeds—A Model for Non-Toxic Antifouling Solutions

Clasen A, Kesel AB

Biomimetics (Basel)

13-May-2019

PMCID:	PMC6630564
doi:	10.3390/biomimetics4020037
PMID:	31105222

Ethnopharmacological Field Study of Three Q'eqchi Communities in Guatemala

Vargas JM, Andrade-Cetto A

Front Pharmacol

06-Nov-2018

PMCID:	PMC6240767
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2018.01246
PMID:	30483122

Higher agrobiodiversity is associated with improved dietary diversity, but not child anthropometric status, of Mayan Achí people of Guatemala

Luna-González DV, Sørensen M

Public Health Nutr

03-Apr-2018

PMCID:	PMC10260805
doi:	10.1017/S1368980018000617
PMID:	29611490

Wild edible plant knowledge, distribution and transmission: a case study of the Achí Mayans of Guatemala

Turreira-García N, Theilade I, Meilby H, Sørensen M

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

16-Jun-2015

PMCID:	PMC4474567
doi:	10.1186/s13002-015-0024-4
PMID:	26077151

Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and Their Contained Alkaloids. 1957-1968

R. Melville, J. J. Willaman, Hui-Lin Li

JSTOR

27-Nov-2007

doi:	10.2307/4117899

Studies of alkaloids in foliage of Erythrina berteroana and E. poeppigiana: Detection of β‐erythroidine in goats milk

M. Soto‐Hernandez, A. H. Jackson

Wiley

07-Mar-2007

doi:	10.1002/PCA.2800040302

Studies of Erythrina alkaloids: VII—13C NMR spectral studies of some Erythina alkaloids

A. S. Chawla, S. Chunchatprasert, A. H. Jackson

Wiley

28-May-2005

doi:	10.1002/OMR.1270210110

Erythrina alkaloids. Part 6. Isolation and characterisation of alkaloids from Erythrina berteroana seeds and leaves: formation of oxoerythroidines

Amrik S. Chawla, Anthony H. Jackson, Peter Ludgate

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

26-Apr-2004

doi:	10.1039/P19820002903

An Antifungal Isoflavanone and a Structure Revision of a Flavanone from Erythrina berteroana.

Maillard M, Hamburger M, Gupta MP, Hostettmann K

Planta Med

01-Jun-1989

doi:	10.1055/S-2006-962004
PMID:	17262415

Isolation, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and structures of new alkaloids from Erythrina folkersii Krukoff and Moldenke and Erythrina salviiflora Krukoff and Barneby.

Millington DS, Steinman DH, Rinehart KL Jr

J Am Chem Soc

20-Mar-1974

doi:	10.1021/JA00813A043
PMID:	4815761

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Erythrina alkaloids / Erythrinanes
(1S,7R,16R)-16-methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12,14-trien-4-one	92642277	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4C3=CC(=O)OC4)C=C1	273.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903 https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110
(1S,7R,16R)-16-methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12,14-triene-4,11-dione	163191255	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CC(=O)N2CCC4C3=CC(=O)OC4)C=C1	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
(1S,7R,16R)-16-methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12,14-triene-4,9-dione	163083070	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2C(=O)CC4C3=CC(=O)OC4)C=C1	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110
(1S,7S,16S)-16-methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12-dien-4-one	163018600	Click to see COC1CCC2=CCN3C2(C1)C4=CC(=O)OCC4CC3	275.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JA00813A043
(2R,13bS)-11-methoxy-2,6,8,9-tetrahydro-1H-indolo[7a,1-a]isoquinoline-2,12-diol	21679845	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)CCN3C24CC(C=CC4=CC3)O)O	285.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
(2R,3S,9S,13bS)-2,11,12-trimethoxy-2,3,5,6,8,9-hexahydro-1H-indolo[7a,1-a]isoquinoline-3,9-diol	162871726	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CC1O)CCN2CC(C4=CC(=C(C=C34)OC)OC)O	347.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
(2R,3S,9S,13bS)-2,12-dimethoxy-2,3,5,6,8,9-hexahydro-1H-indolo[7a,1-a]isoquinoline-3,9,11-triol	162955433	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CC1O)CCN2CC(C4=CC(=C(C=C34)OC)O)O	333.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
11-methoxy-2,6,8,9-tetrahydro-1H-indolo[7a,1-a]isoquinoline-2,12-diol	73823602	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)CCN3C24CC(C=CC4=CC3)O)O	285.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
12-methoxy-2,6,8,9-tetrahydro-1H-indolo[7a,1-a]isoquinoline-2,11-diol	3472079	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2CCN3CC=C4C3(C2=C1)CC(C=C4)O)O	285.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
16-Methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12-dien-4-one	163018599	Click to see COC1CCC2=CCN3C2(C1)C4=CC(=O)OCC4CC3	275.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JA00813A043
16-Methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12,14-trien-4-one	4460702	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4C3=CC(=O)OC4)C=C1	273.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903 https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110
16-Methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12,14-triene-4,11-dione	73823606	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CC(=O)N2CCC4C3=CC(=O)OC4)C=C1	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
16-Methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2,12,14-triene-4,9-dione	163083069	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2C(=O)CC4C3=CC(=O)OC4)C=C1	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110
2,11,12-trimethoxy-2,3,5,6,8,9-hexahydro-1H-indolo[7a,1-a]isoquinoline-3,9-diol	74927724	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CC1O)CCN2CC(C4=CC(=C(C=C34)OC)OC)O	347.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
2,12-dimethoxy-2,3,5,6,8,9-hexahydro-1H-indolo[7a,1-a]isoquinoline-3,9,11-triol	162955432	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CC1O)CCN2CC(C4=CC(=C(C=C34)OC)O)O	333.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
alpha-Erythroidine	441076	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4C3=CC(=O)OC4)C=C1	273.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/PCA.2800040302 https://doi.org/10.2307/4117899
CID 21679844	21679844	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4=CC(=C(C=C34)O)O)C=C1	285.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
Erysodine	169017	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4=CC(=C(C=C34)OC)O)C=C1	299.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
Erysonine	442218	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2CCN3CC=C4C3(C2=C1)CC(C=C4)O)O	285.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
Erysopine	12308892	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4=CC(=C(C=C34)O)O)C=C1	285.34	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
Erysovine	5317203	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4=CC(=C(C=C34)O)OC)C=C1	299.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903 https://doi.org/10.1002/PCA.2800040302
Erythrinan-16-ol, 1,2,6,7-tetradehydro-3,15-dimethoxy-, (3beta)-	622748	Click to see COC1CC23C(=CCN2CCC4=CC(=C(C=C34)OC)O)C=C1	299.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903 https://doi.org/10.1002/PCA.2800040302
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Azaspirodecane derivatives
(3'R,5R,8aS)-3'-methoxyspiro[6,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-1H-pyrano[4,3-c]pyridine-5,5'-cyclohexene]-3-one	163046401	Click to see COC1CC2(CC=C1)C3=CC(=O)OCC3CCN2	249.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JA00813A043
3'-methoxyspiro[6,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-1H-pyrano[4,3-c]pyridine-5,5'-cyclohexene]-3-one	163046400	Click to see COC1CC2(CC=C1)C3=CC(=O)OCC3CCN2	249.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JA00813A043
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives
(1S,16R)-16-methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2(7),12,14-triene-4,11-dione	21679851	Click to see COC1CC23C4=C(CCN2C(=O)C=C3C=C1)COC(=O)C4	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
(1S,16R)-16-methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2(7),12,14-triene-4,9-dione	162961334	Click to see COC1CC23C4=C(CC(=O)N2CC=C3C=C1)COC(=O)C4	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110
16-Methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2(7),12,14-triene-4,11-dione	73823607	Click to see COC1CC23C4=C(CCN2C(=O)C=C3C=C1)COC(=O)C4	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
16-Methoxy-5-oxa-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.02,7]heptadeca-2(7),12,14-triene-4,9-dione	162961333	Click to see COC1CC23C4=C(CC(=O)N2CC=C3C=C1)COC(=O)C4	287.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110
6-Methoxy-1,4,6,10,12,13-hexahydro-3H,5H-pyrano[4',3':3,4]pyrido[2,1-i]indol-3-one	410620	Click to see COC1CC23C4=C(CCN2CC=C3C=C1)COC(=O)C4	273.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110 https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
beta-ERYTHROIDINE	10074	Click to see COC1CC23C4=C(CCN2CC=C3C=C1)COC(=O)C4	273.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/OMR.1270210110 https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903 https://doi.org/10.1002/PCA.2800040302 https://doi.org/10.2307/4117899
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
9-[4,6-Dihydroxy-8,16-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-12-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-15-oxatetracyclo[8.6.1.02,7.014,17]heptadeca-2(7),3,5,10(17),11,13-hexaen-9-yl]-8,16-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-15-oxatetracyclo[8.6.1.02,7.014,17]heptadeca-2(7),3,5,10(17),11,13-hexaene-4,6,12-triol	75244299	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2C(C3=C4C(C(OC4=CC(=C3)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)C6=C2C(=CC(=C6)O)O)C7C(C8=C(C=C(C=C8O)O)C9C(OC1=CC(=CC7=C91)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)O)O	1069.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/P19820002903
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / 3-prenylated flavans / 3-prenylated flavanones
5'-Prenylhomoeriodictyol	442457	Click to see CC(=CCC1=C(C(=CC(=C1)C2CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC)O)C	370.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962004
Sigmoidin B 3'-methyl ether	3082688	Click to see CC(=CCC1=C(C(=CC(=C1)C2CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)OC)C	370.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962004

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Erythrina berteroana

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