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Derris elegans

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Graham ex Bentham in Miquel

Common Names

• Leik-u-nwe (Myanmar)
• Migyaung-nwe (Myanmar)
• Aka Tuba (Malaysia)
• Imora (Papua New Guinea)
• Oud Nam or Oud Laud (Thailand)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Andaman Islands
• Sikkim - India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Islands
• Thailand
• Vanuatu

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• floodplains
• swamp forest
• hill & montane forest
• riverine forest
• primary & secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Apr (New Guinea)
• Aug-Oct (Solomons)

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Large woody brown-pubescent slender climber or creeper to 25m with glabrescent twigs. Leaves with 3-5 leaflets, terminal leaflet to 205mm x 90mm. Axillary pseudoracemes to 230mm long with bracts to 5.5mm x 0.8mm, fragrant bright red, pale pink or white flowers with bracts to 4mm x 6mm & bracteoles to 1.7mm x 0.5mm, purple or red calyx, rarely green to 4.5mm with tube to 3.5mm & lobes to 1.5mm x 3mm, pink or white corolla with claw 3mm long, standard 9.5mm x 10.5mm, wings 9mm x 3.5mm & keel 8.5mm x 4mm. Brown pubescent winged pod to 60mm x 30mm, wing 3mm wide.

Further References

• Mobot
• JDH
• PJS
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• JAA
• GBS
• ILDIS
• Academia BioOne