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Derris elliptica
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth., J. Linn. Soc. 4: Suppl. 3. 1860; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 243. 1878.
Pongamia elliptica Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 242. 1832.
Galedupa elliptica Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 242. 1832.
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Description:
Large climbing shrubs; younger parts rusty tomentose. Leaves alternate, pinnate, 23.0-40.0 cm long; leaflets 9-13 (-15), obovate to obovate-oblong, 8.0-16.0 x 5.0-6.0 cm, lower ones smaller, cuneate at base, shortly acuminate at apex; petiolules 3-8 mm long. Racemes 19-26 cm long, axillary and terminal; peduncles 0.3-1.4 cm long, each bearing 3 pedicellate flowers, rachis and peduncles rusty tomentose. Pedicels 0.8-1.2 cm long. Calyx campanulate, 4-7 mm. Petals pale white, pink to red; vexillum 1.2-2.0 cm long. Staminal sheath 1.5-1.7 cm long. Pistil 1.5-1.6 cm long; ovules 2. Pods mostly oblong, rarely elliptic, 4.5-13.0 x 2.0-3.3 cm, minutely puberulous, faintly reticulated, winged on both the sutures; seeds 1-2.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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