Derris elegans Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Derris

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub. It grows 8m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Forest along the coast, on coastal plains, in sago swamps and in secondary and riverine forest, at elevations up to 600 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use Piscicide (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Derris elegans world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Thailand

Conservation status

Derris elegans threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491299-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186135
COL ID 6CN6R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Derris elegans Derris vestita Derris rufula Pongamia elegans Pongamia floribunda Deguelia vestita Pterocarpus elegans Deguelia elegans Derris elegans var. elegans

Lower taxons

Derris elegans var. gracillima Derris elegans var. korthalsiana Derris elegans var. vestita Derris elegans var. celebica