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Derris elliptica
Derris elliptica
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- (Wallich) Bentham
Common Names
- Tuba (Sarawak)
- Hon (Myanmar)
- Myin-gaung-nwe (Myanmar)
- Tuba Root Derris
- Mao yu teng (Pinyin)
- Tuba Root
- Derris Root
- Tubli (Philippines)
- Touba (French)
- Akar Tuba (Malaysia)
- Tuba Benar (Malaysia)
- Duva Ni Vavalagi
- Ca Bia (Cambodia)
- Oyod Tungkul (Java)
- Tuwa Leteng (Sundanese)
- Tugling-bula (Tagalog)
- Upei (Bontok)
- Hang Lai Daeng or Lai Nam or Lo Tin (N. Thailand)
- Kalamphoh (Phetchaburi)
- Oud Nam (Surat Thani)
- Khê'dai (N
- Vietnam)
- Dâycôrùa (S. Vietnam)
Geographical Habitats
- Bangladesh
- Cambodia
- Caroline Islands
- China
- India
- Java
- Sumatra - Indonesia
- Laos
- Penang
- Perlis
- Sarawak - Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Primary & secondary forest
- riverside
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Robust liane, woody twining shrub or bush to 5m, stems brown silky-villous lenticellate when young. Imparipinnate leaves 7-15 foliolate, coriaceous leaflets glabrescent both sides, terminal leaflet to 160mm x 50mm, pubescent leaflets, branches, peduncles, calyxes with ferrugineous villi. Axillary, rarely terminal racemes or fascicles to 300mm long with bracts to 2.5mm x 1.5mm of red, pink-violet to whitish flowers silky on back or white at tip with subtending bracts to 2.5mm x 2mm & bracteoles to 2.7mm x 2mm, flowers 17mm long, crimson at base, brown to darkish maroon calyx to 7mm with tube to 6mm & lobes to 2.5mm x 5mm, claw to 4mm, standard petal to 17mm x 17mm with green blotch at base, wings to 13mm x 5mm, keel to 11mm x 6mm, Fruit a flat winged legume to 110mm x 20mm with 2mm wide wing.
Further References
- The Plant List 2
- Mobot
- FOSi
- FS
- USNH
- JFM
- Botanicus
- F Indochine
- P. Chai
- GBS
- ILDIS
- FOC
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Bodkin
- FI
- JDH
- Mansfeld
- Academia BioOne