1	"Fruiting pedicels up to 14 mm long; valves of the pods weakly ridged lengthwise, straight or abruptly falcate distally; ventral sutures about 4-5 mm wide; seeds dull yellowish or reddish brown, the hila 2.5-3 mm wide; leaflets often more than 35 mm long and wide"	"Erythrina melanacantha subsp. melanacantha"
1	"Fruiting pediccels up to 7 mm long; valvs of the pods more prominently ridged lengthwise, straight or gently decurved distally; ventral sutures about 3 mm wide; seeds bright sulphur yellow; hila rarely more than 2 mm wide; leaflets usually less that 35 nn long and wide"	"Erythrina melanacantha subsp. somala"