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Species Summary Erythrina senegalensis LC Taxonomic Authority: DC. Global Assessment Regional Assessment Region: Global Endemic to region Upper Level Taxonomy Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: FABALES Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name: Plant Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority: General Information Distribution Erythrina senegalensis is distributed in Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 1200 Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: 2500000 Lower limit: 0 Antarctic Map Status: Depth Australasian Upper limit: Neotropical Lower limit: Oceanian Depth Zones Palearctic Shallow photic Bathyl Hadal Indomalayan Photic Abyssal Nearctic Population E. senegalensis is generally described as common in Sierra Leone. Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology E. senegalensis is a tree which occurs in dry open savanna woodlands, burned savanna, plateau with fine gravel, degraded regrowths, coastal savanna (in Ghana), bank of streams and roadsides by grassland. The species is also often cultivated as ornamental tree and as hedge plant. System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative Terrestrial Freshwater Nomadic Congregatory/Dispersive Is the species a wild relative of a crop? Marine Migratory Altitudinally migrant Growth From Definition Shrub - size unkno Perennial shrub (any size), also termed a Phanerophyte if >1m or a Chamaephyte if <1m Tree - size unknow Tree (any size), also termed a Phanerophyte (>1m) Threats There are no known threats to the species at present. Past Present Future 13 None Conservation Measures There are no known conservation measures specifically for E. senegalensis, however the species is known to occur in many protected areas. Seed of E. senegalensis should be collected and stored in the Millennium Seed Bank as an ex situ conservation measure. In Place Needed 3 Research actions 3.2 Population numbers and range 3.5 Threats 3.6 Uses and harvest levels 3.9 Trends/Monitoring 4 Habitat and site-based actions 4.4 Protected areas 4.4.3 Management 5 Species-based actions 5.7 Ex situ conservation actions Countries of Occurrence PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly ExtinctPresence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Benin Cameroon Chad Ghana Guinea Liberia Mali Mauritius Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 2 Savanna 1Suitable Unset 2.1 Savanna - Dry 1Suitable Unset Ecosystem Services Insufficient Information available Species provides no ecosystem services Species Utilisation Species is not utilised at all Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 16. Other 3. Medicine - human and veterinary E. senegalensis is used in traditional medicine to cure several diseases: amenorrhea, malaria, jaundice, infections, abortion, wound, and body pain (chest pain, back pain, abdominal pain etc). The species is also often cultivated as ornamental tree and as hedge plant. Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: CITES status: Not listed IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment:(using 2001 IUCN system) Least Concern (LC) Red List Criteria: Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct? Possibly Extinct Candidate? Rationale for the Red List Assessment Erythrina senegalensis is assessedas Least Concern (LC). The species has a wide distribution range, occurring across all west tropical Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. The species is used in traditional medicine to cure several diseases and for its antibacterial properties, but at present that doesn’t seem to affect E. senegalensis population dynamics. There are no other major known threats for the species and the population is currently believed to be stable, therefore the species is rated as Least Concern. Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment: Genuine Change Nongenuine Change No Change Genuine (recent) New information Taxonomy Same category Genuine (since first assessment) Knowledge of Criteria Criteria Revisio and criteria Incorrect data used Other Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 30/06/2009 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Contu, S. Evaluator(s): Notes: % population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals: Bibliography African Plants Database, version 3.3, African Plants DatabaseJune 2009, , Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Akoegninou, A., van der Burg, J.W. and var der Maesen, L.J.G., 2006, Flore analytique du Benin, Wageningen University papers, 1034, Backhuys, Leiden Burkill, H.M., 1995, The useful plants of West Tropical Africa. Volume 3, Families J–L, 857, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom Hanelt, P., Büttner, B., Mansfeld, R. and Kilian, R., 2001, Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops (except ornamentals), Hanelt, P.; Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, 3645, Springer, Berlin Iwu, M.M., 1993, Handbook of African medicinal plants, 435, CRC Press, London Togola, A., Austarheim, I., Theis, A., Diallo, D. and Paulsen, B.S., 2008, Ethnopharmacological uses of Erythrina senegalensis: a comparison of three areas in Mali, and a link between traditional knowledge and modern biological science, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine6, , , .
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