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Derris tonkinensis

Botanic Family
Leguminosae
Author
Gagnepain

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Perennial deciduous woody tree or climbing shrub or liana with lenticellate bark, hemi-epiphytic, glabrous stems. 5-7 foliolate glabrous leaves, terminal leaflet to 85mm x 35mm. Rusty-villous axillary or terminal pseudoracemes or panicles to 200mm long with bracts to 1mm x 0.8mm of 12mm white to pink flowers with subtending bracts to 0.7mm x 0.4mm & bracteoles to 0.6mm x 0.4mm, rusty-villous maroonish calyx to 3mm with tube to 2.5mm & lobes to 0.5mm x 2.5mm, slightly fragrant flowers, white corolla with pinkish hue, claw to 1mm, standard to12mm x 6mm, wings to 8mm x 1mm, keel to 7.5mm x 2.5mm. Fruit a glabrescent winged legume to 120mm x 30mm with wing 5mm wide.

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