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Derris ferruginea (Roxb.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Derris Lour.

Derris ferruginea (Roxb.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Derris elliptica sensu Brenan {Misapplied}
    Robinia ferruginea Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Indian Tuba Root [1978]; Indian Tuber Root [1978]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (I) [210]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1978]; China (N) [1179, 3415]; Guangdong [3415]; Guangxi [3415]; Yunnan [3415]; India (N) [1978]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Laos (N) [1970, 3465]; Myanmar (N) [1978]; Thailand (N) [1971]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Pacific Ocean
Solomon Is (N) [261]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1978, 3415] ; Illustration [3415]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract

  
USES:
  Toxins [210, 1978]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1179.

  Chen, Te-chao & Wu, Te-lin, 1986
    Typed Script(MO)130pp Enumeration Chinese Papilionoideae

1970.

  Gagnepain, F., 1916
    Flore Generale de l'Indochine, Vol 2,3: Legumineuses.

1971.

  Craib, W.G., 1928
    Florae Siamensis Enumeratio, vol 1, Part 3. Bangkok: Siam So

1978.

  Thothathri, K., 1982
    Fascicles of Flora of India 8. Derris. Calcutta:Bot.Sur.Indi

3415.

  Chen, P.Y., 1994
    Pongamia, Derris. In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 40 (Leguminosae 2)

3465.

  Gagnepain, F., 1913
    In:Lecomte,H.(ed.), Flore Generale de L'Indochine 2, 2.
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