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Deguelia rufescens var. urucu

Botanic Family
Leguminosae
Author
(Killip & A.C. Smith) A.M.G. Azeved

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Erect shrub becoming a twining liana. 7-9 coriaceous leaflets to 310mm x 160mm, glabrous above & pilose beneath. Reddish silky tomentose inflorescence to 200mm long, lavender flowers with white tinge on standard, calyx to 5mm x 5mm with lobes to 2mm long, reddish-violet petals silky without, standard 12mm x 12mm. Sericeous pods to 90mm x 30mm

Fish poison

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