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Derris malaccensis Prain

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Derris Lour.

Derris malaccensis Prain [Preferred name]
    Derris cuneifolia var. malaccensis Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Akau Niukini [2266]; Duva Ni Niukini [2266]; New Guinea Creeper [2266]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Zaire (I) [230]
  Asia
China (I) [1179, 3415]; Guangdong [3415]; Hainan (I) [3415]; Indonesia (N) [3004]; Kalimantan (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [261, 3004]; Myanmar (N) [2968]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3004]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sarawak (N) [3004]; Sumatera (N) [3004]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Niue (I) [2266]; Society Is (I) [2968]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [230];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [230, 261, 3415]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261], Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Polhill RM, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract

  
USES:
  Toxins [261]

  
NOTES:
  To be transferred to Paraderris as P.montana. []

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

230.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

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

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2266.

  Sykes, W., 1979
    Flora of Niue

2968.

  Welsh, S.L., 1998
    Flora Societensis

3004.

  Ford, C.S., 1994
    Kew Herbarium Material.

3415.

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