Erythrina stricta is a species of trees in the family Fabaceae identified by William Roxburgh in 1832. It is now placed in the subfamily Faboideae and the tribe Phaseoleae. This species has been recorded from the Indian subcontinent, Indochina and China. There is one valid variety: E. stricta var. suberosa. It is called áÂÂá±á‡ÂÂáºáÂÂáÂÂá áº in Burmese, à ¸Âà ¸Âà ¸Âà ¹Âà ¸Âà ¸·à ¸Âà ¸Âà ¸«à ¹Âà ¸² (RTGS: thongduean, IPA: [tðÃÂÃÂà ÂdïÃÂan]) in Thai and Ã¥ÂÂç´åºæ¡Â, Pinyin: jìn zhàcìtóng in Chinese and à ´µà µÂà µºà ´®à µÂà ´°à ´¿à ´Âà µÂà ´Âà µ in Malayalam.
Erythrina stricta contains the indole alkaloid Hypaphorine