Derris eriocarpa F.C.How

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Derris

Characteristics

Lianas. Young shoots rust-colored puberulent. Leaves 13-or 15-foliolate; rachis 20-30 cm, including petiole 5-6 cm; rachis and petiole canaliculate, sparsely puberulent; leaflet blades oblong to ovate-oblong but apical one obovate-elliptic, 5-7.5 × 2-2.5 cm, stiffly papery, both surfaces appressed scat­tered yellowish puberulent, base obliquely rounded to obtuse, apex shortly acuminate to slightly obtuse. Pseudoracemes axil­lary, solitary, longer than leaves; rachis yellowish puberulent; rachis nodes with 3-10 flowers, fascicled or on a 2-4 mm spur. Pedicel filiform, 4-5 mm, appressed yellowish pubescent. Flowers 1-1.2 cm. Calyx cup-shaped, 3-4 mm long and wide, outside densely yellowish pubescent; teeth small, unequal in length. Corolla white flushed with red; standard elliptic-ovate, outside glabrous or sparsely puberulent along veins, base trun­cate and shallowly cordate, apex slightly emarginate. Stamens unequal in length. Ovary villous. Legume linear-oblong, flat, 6-11 × 1.2-1.6 cm, sparsely villous, base attenuate into a stipe, apex apiculate; adaxial suture with a ca. 2 mm wide wing. Seeds 1-8 per legume. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep-Jan.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Derris eriocarpa world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491302-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197412
COL ID 6CN73
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Synonyms

Derris eriocarpa Solori eriocarpa