Tree Species (Scientific Name)
Erythrina edulis
Food
Livestock Forage
Firewood
Lumber
Medicinal
Product
Peru Common Name
Pajuro
Tree Family
Fabaceae
Average Leaf Size (cm)
Unknown
Tree Height
Small (10–20m)
Elevational Range (m)
350–3000m
0 3000
Distribution
Native
Exotic
Native to Peru

Native to

Region
Americas
Latin America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Coffee Agroforestry Information

Coffee System
Arabica
Coffee Impact
Beneficial to coffee
Prevalence
Unknown
Cultivation
Planted
Natural
Tree Management
Planted by seeds and cuttings. Seeds germinate in 5-10 days and can be planted in containers first or directly in the ground. Cuttings 4-6 cm in diameter, and usually 1 m in length, should be planted to a depth of 30-50 cm within 3 days of cutting.

Tree Benefits and Uses

Farmer Uses
  • Food
  • Livestock Forage
  • Firewood
  • Lumber
  • Medicinal
  • Product
Used in construction and to make frames, surfboards, canoes, boxes and small art carvings. Much desired by cows and horses. They eat seeds and seedlings, and can even dry out mature trees by eating their bark. A soap made from bark, branches, and leaves is used to wash dogs with skin diseases. The seed is mixed into a liquid mixture to treat inflammation of the bladder. The flowers are used to treat eye irritations. The seeds are mainly eaten cooked and salted. The seeds should be boiled for at least 45 minutes or fried well before eating, as they contain toxic alkaloids.
Farm Services
  • Coffee Shade
  • Windbreak
  • Soil Improvement
  • Reforestation
  • Nitrogen Fixation
Reforestation: it is commonly used in ecological restoration processes as a pioneer species and as living fences for the maintenance and conservation of water sources and soil recovery
Biodiversity Benefits
Yes
Pollinated by bees, wasps and birds.

Citations

Citations

Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2022-06-22. tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Erythrina+edulis;

Erythrina edulis Triana ex Micheli in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed on 2022-06-24. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei;

Plants of the World Online POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org;

Mendoza, A. L. M., & Guerrero, M. H. (2010). Catálogo de los árboles y afines de la Selva Central del Perú. Arnaldoa, 17, 203-242.