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Aganope heptaphylla

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Polhill

Common Names

• Tali Berkumpul (Malaysia)
• Wali Ahuhun (Indonesia)
• Maknim-lai (Myanmar)
• Myauk-gonnyin (Myanmar)
• Akar Kemedu Raung (Brunei)
• Belulu (Sumatra)
• Waikahiri (Papua New Guinea)

Geographical Habitats

• Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• S. China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Maluku
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Solomon islands
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Mangrove swamps
• coastal areas
• swamp forest
• riversides
• tidal rivers.

Flowering Times

• Jan-Mar (New Guinea) Feb-Mar (Australia
• Papua New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

• May-Jun (Australia
• Papua New Guinea)

Robust glabrous erect or climbing woody shrub with lenticellate hairy young shoots. Leaves with 5-7 glabrous leaflets. terminal lealet to 175mm x 95mm. Lateral, axillary or terminal clusters or panicles to 300mm longm with bracts to 1.3mm x 1mm.White or yellow flowers with bracts to 1.5mm x 0.8mm & bracteoles 0.8mm x 0.7mm, greenish calyx to 6.5mm with lobes to 0.7mm x 5.5mm, whitish or pale greenish corolla, claw to 3.5mm long, green standard 25mm diameter, wings to 11mm x 3.6mm, keel to 10.2mm x 5mm. Glabrescent pod to 270mm x 38mm with wing to 4mm wide.

Young leaves eaten as a vegetable, used as cattle fodder

Further References

• Mangrove
• JDH
• FOSi
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• USNH
• Botanicus
• JAA
• ILDIS
• Academia BioOne