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Hylodesmum repandum
Hylodesmum repandum
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- (Vahl) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill
Common Names
- Medingufe (Andiri
- Nduye)
- Colle-colle
- Falakatra
- Fangaladamba
- Farahinipa
- Fausse Pistache Marronne
- Herbe aux Lacs
- Menavony
- Tsenodambo
- Velatra
Geographical Habitats
- N. Borneo
- Cameroon
- S. Yunnan - China
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Java
- Sulawesi - Indonesia
- India
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Philippines
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Timor
- Zaire
Natural Habitats
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Liana or sometimes scandent subshrub, grey-pubescent stems, trifoliolate leaves glabrous above, villous beneath, central leaf 125mm x 20mm, terminal hairy racemes to 200mm long with greenish-yellow bracts to 10mm long, calyx 6mm long, violet or reddish flowers to 10mm long, calyx villous outside, standard 5mm across, wings 1.5mm across, keel 2mm across, velvety articulated fruit to 10mm x 5mm
Stems used to make traps, charcoal used in scarrification, ritual medicine, leaves cooked & eaten, medicinal uses
Further References
- The Plant List 2
- F Indochine
- F NWNG
- FOTA
- Ichigawa
- APDC