Cynometra iripa Kostel.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cynometra

Characteristics

Shrub or straggly tree to 8 m high; branches with lenticels, glabrous or rusty-pubescent. Leaves with petiole to 0.4 cm long, shortly pubescent; rachis 0.9–2.7 cm long, shortly pubescent. Leaflets usually in 2 pairs; upper pair much larger than the lower, obliquely ovate-or obovate-oblong to oblong or elliptic, 1.5–10 cm long, 0.9–5.5 cm wide, coriaceous; apex obtuse, emarginate or sometimes mucronate. Flowers in short, axillary racemes or clusters or borne on the branchlets, on pubescent pedicels to 9 mm long. Sepals 4 or 5, 2–3.5 mm long. Ovary densely rusty-pubescent externally, ± appressed-pubescent internally; style slanting away from the centre of the flower. Fruit obliquely subcircular, with a laterally displaced beak, 2.5–3.6 cm long, 2–3 cm wide, to 2 cm thick, rugose, shortly pubescent, 1-seeded, indehiscent. [The above description from Ross (1998) requires revision; since publication, Cynometra ramiflora and C. roseiflora are accepted for mainland Australia. For more recent description of C. iripa see Cooper (2015: 395) and Zich et al. (2020)-Editor, 11 October 2021.]
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Shrub or tree 3-8 m tall. Leaves 1-or 2-jugate. Leaflets ovate, elliptic, ovate-oblong or oblong, 1.5-9 by 0.9-2.1 cm; apex rounded, always emarginate, sometimes mucro-nate; nerves 5-7 pairs; petiole 4 mm, rachis 13 mm, petiolules c. 1 mm, all shortly hairy. Rachis of inflorescence 3-4 mm, densely pubescent; bracts minute, 1 mm long, hairy, glabrescent; bracteoles 2 mm long, inserted at 0.25-2 mm above the base of the pedicel; pedicels 4-6 mm, patently shortly hairy. Hypanthium 0.8-1 mm deep. Sepals 2.5-3.5 mm long, rather long-hairy. Petals very narrow, 2 by 0.3 mm. Stamens 3-5 mm; anthers more or less apiculate. Ovary densely, patently long-hairy, inside hairy; stipe 1 mm; style 3-3.5 mm, glabrous. Fruits ellipsoid, c. 6 by 2 cm, deeply rugose, shortly patent-hairy, the distal part beak-like and pointing obliquely.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 8.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Found in or along the edge of mangrove swamps in the transitional area between mangroves and riparian forest; also monsoon forest, rainforest. See Cooper (2015: 396–397) for more details, including associated species.
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Mangrove swamps, littoral scrub, on or near the beach, but also found in the hills at elevations up to 500 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Cynometra iripa world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Micronesia (Federated States of), Indonesia, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, and Thailand

Conservation status

Cynometra iripa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489428-1
WFO ID wfo-0000187706
COL ID 6C88K
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INPN ID 670863
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Synonyms

Cynometra mimosoides Cynometra iripa Cynometra bijuga var. mimosoides Cynometra ramiflora var. mimosoides Cynometra ramiflora subsp. bijuga