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Pterolobium microphyllum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Miquel

Common Names

• Chong Yit-nwe (Myanmar)
• Sinyit-nwe (Mynmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kedah
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamside heath
• riverside thickets
• hill forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Woody liana, climbing shrub or tree, puberulent stems with spines, bipinnate thorny glabrescent coriaceous leaves, glabrous leaflets to 12mm x 3mm. Finely yellow-villous terminal panicles to 350mm long, 5 puberulent sepals to 4.5mm x 2mm, 5 petals to 4.5mm x 2mm, glabrous outside, puberulous inside, winged fruit 50mm x 20mm, wing to 60mm x 18mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS