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Hylodesmum laxum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(de Candolle) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill

Common Names

• Ōba-nusubito-hagi (Japan)
• Saikoku-nusubito-hagi (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Taiwan - China
• Laos
• India
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Pahang
• Perak - Malaysia
• Nepal
• Solomon Islands
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• woodland
• hill forest

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Twining herb or erect shrub to 1.2m, with trigonal pilose or glabrous stems, trifoliolate leaves, glabrous leaflets pubescent on nerves beneath, terminal leaflet to 100mm x 50mm, lateral leaflets slightly smaller. Terminal panicles of pink flowers 350mm x 140mm, glabrous calyx 2mm long, petals 5mm long, standard 3mm wide, wings 1mm across, villous fruit 15mm x 3.5mm

Further References

• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOJ
• GBS