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Mezoneuron hymenocarpum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Prain

Common Names

• Mo jia jian xue fei (Pinyin)
• Kalein (Myanmar)
• Lep mêo (Laos)
• Mak pi (Laos)
• Godawawuletiya

Geographical Habitats

• N. Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• W. Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• East Timor
• Andaman Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Is. - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• jungle
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Feb (China)

Tall prickly liana or shrub with spiny villous or glabrous stems, puberulent or glabrescent spiny coriaceous bipinnate leaves with leaflets to 28mm x 16mm. Axillary and terminal puberulent panicles to 500mm x 250mm of yellow flowers, calyx lobes to 10mm villous outside, 5 sepals villous outside to 10mm x 5mm, 5 petals 12mm diameter, winged red legume 150mm x 40mm with 10mm wing

Medicinal

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• ILDIS