Dendrolobium lanceolatum (Dunn) Schindl.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, usually 1-3 m tall. Branches glabrescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 0.5-2 cm; terminal leaflet blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2-5 × 0.9-1.9 cm, lateral leaflets smaller, abaxially appressed pubescent, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 4-7 on each side of midvein, not reaching margin, both ends obtuse or acute. Inflorescences subumbellate, 1-1.5 cm, ca. 10-flowered. Pedicel ca. 2 mm, densely appressed pubescent. Ca­lyx ca. 4 mm; upper lobe broader, other lobes narrower. Corolla white or pale yellow; standard elliptic, 6-9 × 5-6 mm, clawed; wings narrowly oblong, 5-6 × 1.5-2 mm; keel nearly falcate, 7-9 × ca. 2.5 mm. Stamens 7-8 mm. Pistil 7-8 mm; ovary pi­lose; style ca. 7 mm. Legume broadly elliptic or nearly orbic­ular, 4-10 × 3-7 mm, sessile, 1-jointed, glabrous, distinctly re­ticulate veined. Seed broadly elliptic, ca. 3 × 2 mm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Sep-Nov.
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A shrub. It grows 2-3 m tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The end leaflet is oblong and 2-5 cm long by 1-2 cm wide and the other leaflets are smaller. They are hairy underneath. There are 10 flowers in a group. They are white or pale yellow. The pod is broadly oval and 4-10 mm long by 3-7 mm wide.
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in clear forests. It grows from 100-800 m altitude in Hainan, China.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young pods are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible pods
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Distribution

Dendrolobium lanceolatum world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Dendrolobium lanceolatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491241-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197603
COL ID 34QJN
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Synonyms

Lespedeza lanceolata Desmodium dunnii Dendrolobium lanceolatum Desmodium dunnii Dendrolobium lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

Lower taxons

Dendrolobium lanceolatum var. microcarpum