Aganope heptaphylla (L.) Polhill

Species

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Characteristics

A climbing shrub. The stems are twining. It grows 3-15 m long. The leaves are compound with 5-7 leaflets. These are 3-20 cm long by 1.4-13 cm wide.
Life form perennial
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Primary and secondary (dipterocarp) rain forest, often along rivers, swamps, mangrove forest, seashore and rocky sea cliffs; at elevations up to 120 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in rain forest and along streams and swamps. It can be near mangrove swamps. It grows up to 120 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Caution: It contains low levels of rotenone used as a fish poison.
Uses animal food environmental use fodder food manure material medicinal pharmaceutical poison reforestation shade technical
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Aganope heptaphylla unspecified picture

Distribution

Aganope heptaphylla world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:473088-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185943
COL ID 65LBH
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Synonyms

Sophora heptaphylla Derris diadelpha Pterocarpus diadelphus Deguelia sinuata Derris macroloba Derris sinuata Derris heptaphylla Semetor arborea Aspalathus arborea Sophora tiloebsis Deguelia heptaphylla Pongamia grandifolia Deguelia macroloba Pterocarpus grandifolius Pterocarpus diadelphous Pterocarpus macrolobus Aganope heptaphylla