Derris ferruginea (wall. ex Voigt) Benth.

Derris (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Derris

Characteristics

Lianas. Branchlets densely rust-colored pubescent. Leaves 5-9-foliolate; rachis 5.5-9(-15) cm, including petiole 3.5-5(-10) cm; leaflet blades elliptic to obovate-oblong, 6-13 × 2-5 cm, leathery, abaxially slightly rust-colored puberulent, adaxi­ally glabrous and shiny, base rounded, apex obtusely acuminate. Pseudopanicles axillary, 15-30 cm, densely rust-colored puber­ulent; rachis nodes with 2 or 3(-8) fascicled flowers often borne on a short branchlet. Pedicel slender, 4-6 mm. Flowers 1-1.4 cm. Calyx ca. 3 mm; teeth minute. Corolla pale red to whitish, 8-10 mm. Ovary pubescent. Legume oblong to ligulate-oblong, 5-8 × ca. 2.5 cm, leathery, flat, densely rust-colored sericeous when young, nearly glabrescent when old; abaxial suture with a 2-4 mm wide wing, adaxial suture with a 3-5 mm wide wing. Seeds 1 or 2 per legume. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Sep-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Sparse forests and thickets, low elevation mountain slopes; at elevations from 500-1,200 metres. Open areas along streams, forest margins and on hill slopes with granite bedrock; at elevations from 450-1,200 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses insecticide medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Wounds and injuries (leaf), Insecticides (root), Insecticides (seed), Insecticide (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Derris ferruginea world distribution map, present in Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, China, Fiji, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Réunion, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491307-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198863
COL ID 34YTJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Robinia ferruginea Derris ferruginea Deguelia ferruginea Tephrosia ferruginea Pongamia ferruginea Pterocarpus ferrugineus