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Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Dendrolobium (Wight & Arn.)Benth.

Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Dendrolobium australe (Willd.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Desmodium australe (Willd.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium cumingianum (Benth.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Desmodium umbellatum (L.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium umbellatum var. costatum Craib {Synonym}
    Hedysarum arboreum Roxb. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum australe Willd. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum ellipticum Miq. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum umbellatum L. {Synonym}
    Meibomia umbellata (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Ormocarpum umbellatum (L.)Desv. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bois Malgache [1915]; Fanavintrana [3402]; Hazomafaika [3402]; Kinandrandraika [3402]; Kinandro [3402]; Sausautave [2264]; Sovondrano [3402]; Tokaibebe [2264]; Voandavenina [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]
  Asia
Brunei (N) [3939]; China (N) [2069]; India (N) [2069, 3019, 3119]; Gujarat [3019]; Karnataka [3019]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [210, 261, 3004, 3898]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Kalimantan (N) [3004]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [210, 2069, 3004, 3011]; Moluccas (N) [3004]; Myanmar (N) [2069]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3011]; Philippines (N) [210, 3963]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sarawak (N) [3004]; Singapore (N) [2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3798]; Sulawesi (N) [3004]; Sumatera (N) [3004]; Taiwan (N) [2069, 2827, 3418]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [3466]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [210, 1915]; Papua New Guinea (N) [210, 261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [2110, 3389]; Comoro Is (N) [3054, 4747]; Anjouan I [4747]; Madagascar (N) [210, 1915, 3402]; Maldives (N) [3062, 3076]; Mauritius (N) [210, 1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [3612]; Reunion (N) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [1941]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (U) [2264]; Niue (U) [2266]; Northern Marianas (N) [2235]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; mangrove. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1915, 1941, 2069, 2264, 2266, 3011, 3057, 3265, 3402, 3418, 3466, 3798, 3898] ; Illustration [261, 1915, 2069, 2823, 3011, 3402, 3418]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [261], Shrub [261] [1915] [3402], Tree [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM &

  
USES:
  Wood [261]

  
NOTES:
  The native habitat of forma hirsutum is unknown; forma umbellatum occurs [2069]
  in Indo-China. [2069]
  Indigenous to the Seychelles. [1941]
  Dispersed by oceanic currents. [1915]

  
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1915.

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1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

2069.

  Ohashi, H., 1973
    Asiatic sp.of Desmodium & allied. Ginkgoana1. Aca.Sc.BookCo.

2110.

  Kurz, S., 1877
    Forest Flora of British Burma Vol I

2111.

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    Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I

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    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2266.

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    Flora of Niue

2823.

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    In:Satake.Wild Flws of Japan,Woody Pls.1:229-256. Legumin.

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    Flora of Okinawa and S.Ryukyu islands. Washing.Smithson.Inst

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3011.

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3019.

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    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3939.

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3963.

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    An Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 2(3):241-323

4747.

  Voeltzkow, A., 1917
    Flora und Fauna der Comoren. 428-480. Berlin.

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