Pterolobium macropterum Kurz

Species

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Characteristics

Liana up to 15(-30) m high. Leaves: petiole and rachis (10-)14-25 cm long, pubescent; pinnae 5-9 pairs. Leaflets 4-6(-10) pairs per pinna, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 7-15 by 4-9 mm, entire, glabrous above, sparsely pubescent along the midrib and often with a tuft hair at the base on one side of the midrib; nerves and veins invisible or obscure on both surfaces. Inflorescences 15-30 cm long, rachis and branchlets pubescent, glabrescent, or glabrous, loosely flowered; pedicels 10-15 mm. Hypanthium 1.5-2 mm high, glabrous outside. Calyx lobes oblong, 4-4.5 by 1.5-2 mm, glabrous except puberulous on the lower surface inside and ciliate on the margins. Petals: standard obovate, 4.5-6 by 2.5-3.5 mm; the others obovate, 4.5-6.5 by 2-3 mm, glabrous. Stamens: filaments 6.5-8.5 mm, usually hairy at the lower 1 /2 — 2/3. Ovary c. 3 mm long, very shortly stipitate, puberulous, 1-ovuled; style 6-7 mm, sparsely puberulous. Pods shortly stipitate (stipe 1.5-3 mm); seed-bearing part 1.7-2 by 0.8-1.4 cm, reticulate, glabrous; wing 3.5-4.5 by 1-2 cm, basal part gradually narrowed along one lateral side of the seed-bearing part towards its upper 1/3-1 /2. Seeds only inmature seen.
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Climbers, woody, tall. Young branchlets striate, sparsely hairy; old branches glabrous, with blackish prickles in pairs at bases of petioles. Leaf rachis 8-10 cm; pinnae 4-6 pairs, 8-10 cm; rachis of leaves and pinnae densely brownish hispidulous, articulate; leaflets 6-9 pairs, opposite, obliquely oblong, 1.5-2 × 0.6-1 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, base asym­metric, apex rounded, cuspidate, or emarginate. Racemes or panicles terminal or supra-axillary; rachis 10-15 cm, hairy; bracts subulate. Pedicels 5-10 mm. Sepals unequal, thickly leathery, smooth. Petals whitish, outer 4 equal, ca. 5 mm, ob­ovate, innermost one abruptly contracted into a broad claw from middle downward, blade ciliate on margin, apex undulate, auriculate. Stamens equal in length, exserted; filaments ca. 8 mm, inflated and densely hairy from middle downward; anthers oblong, ca. 1 mm. Ovary slightly puberulent, 2-ovuled; style filiform, glabrous; stigma funnel-shaped, ciliate. Legume inde­hiscent, 6-6.5 cm; wings oblique, 4-4.5 × 1.8-2 cm, part con­taining seed ovoid. Fr. May, Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Pterolobium macropterum world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:516633-1
WFO ID wfo-0000196964
COL ID 4PX2Y
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Synonyms

Pterolobium macropterum Cantuffa macroptera Pterolobium sinense Pterolobium indicum var. macropterum