Regulates heart palpitations. Mulungu is used in Brazil and Peru as a mild hypnotic sedative to calm the nervous system, eliminate hysteria, decrease insomnia and promote healthy sleeping patterns by sedating overactive neurotransmitters. Mulungu has also been used to treat epilepsy. Erythrina Linnaeus There are more than 100 species of Erythrina-trees, shrubs, and rarely herbs with woody rootstocks. They occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres, rarely in temperate areas.
Most species are heavily armed with spines.
The branches take root easily, and many species are employed as living fences or hedges. Several are fish poisons. The flowers of some are edible. Aguilar, A. I., F. Giral and 0. Chawla, H. M. and S. S. Chibbes, J. Sci.