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Biancaea decapetala
Biancaea decapetala
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- (Roth) O. Degener
- Propagation
- C.L.S.
- Cultivated
- C, ornamental, hedge. Medicine
Common Names
- Mysore Thorn
- Arile Kanda (Nepali)
- Ulte Kanda (Nepali)
- Arr'te-boeuf
- Bois Sappan
- Canieroc
- Cassie
- Liane Sappan
- Mauritius Thorn
- Sappan
- Sappan Lian
- Wait-a-bit
- Zarza de Cercas
- Puakelekino (Hawaiian)
- Yun shi (Pinyin)
- Uru (India)
- Arlu (India)
- Aila (India)
- Hyderkajhar (India)
- Uran (India)
- Kando (India)
- Chillu (India)
- Aröj Matahijang Gunung (Sunda Is.)
- Setjang Lembut (Sunda Is.)
- Silgorinamu (Korea)
- Ataja Negro (Cuba)
- Bracilete Hórrido (Cuba)
- Cat's Claw
- Zarza de Cercas
- Zarza
- Mai-mak-ka-leng (Myanmar)
- Suk-yan-bo (Myanmar)
- Vuôt hûm (Vietnam)
- Jaketsu-ibara (Japan)
Geographical Habitats
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Anhui
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Guizhou
- Hainan
- Hebei
- Henan
- Hubei
- Hunan
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Shaanxi
- Sichuan
- Taiwan
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang - China
- India
- Java
- Kenya
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- SW. Sulawesi
- Sumatra - Indonesia
- Honshu
- Kyushu
- Ryukyu Islands
- Shikoku - Japan
- Korea
- Laos
- Penang - Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Yemen
Natural Habitats
- Disturbed areas
- valley
- montane shrubland
- riverside
- coastal
- forest edge
- open places among bushes
- hedges
- woodland
- hill forest margins
- grassland.
Flowering Times
- Dec to May or Apr-Oct (China)
- Feb-May (India)
- Apr-Jun (Japan)
Fruiting Times
Very spiny large woody liana to 25m, scrambling shrub or tree with densely grey or brown pubescence, recurved yellowish prickles on stems & rachis to 5mm long. Bipinnate paripinnate spiny leaves to 400mm long with yellowish-brown tomentum, upper surface dull, scattered pubescence beneath, 9 pairs leaflets to 22mm x 11mm. Terminal & axillary spiny glabrescent erect racemes to 350mm long x 100mm with bracts to 8mm x 2.5mm, 30mm diameter yellow spotted or striped red pubescent cup-shaped flowers with 5 sepals to 10mm x 5mm villous outside spotted white, petals to 15mm x 10mm. Brown glabrous woody legume 150mm long x 30mm with beaked pod or with keel.
Aggressive weed, naturalized
Juice of root used for animal medicine. Plants used as fences, bark yields tannin. Has been cultivated for hedge, bark used in tanning. Medicinal uses
Further References
- Rehder 1934
- Bean 1950
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Krussmann 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Manandhar 2002
- FONZ
- FOH
- Chdian 2001
- FOC
- JDH
- APDC
- Mansfeld
- J.S. Gamble
- BF
- Elmer
- VOPR
- USNH
- F Indochine
- JAA
- Flora Malesiana
- FOJ
- GBS
- ILDIS
- Exotica