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Derris trifoliata Lour.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Derris Lour.

Derris trifoliata Lour. [Preferred name]
    Dalbergia heterophylla Willd. {Synonym}
    Deguelia trifoliata (Lour.)Taub. {Synonym}
    Deguelia uliginosa (Willd.)Baill. {Synonym}
    Deguelia uliginosa var. loureiri Benth. {Synonym}
    Derris affinis Benth. {Synonym}
    Derris floribunda Prain {Synonym}
    Derris forsteniana Miq. {Synonym}
    Derris heterophylla (Willd.)K.Heyne {Synonym}
    Derris heteropylla (Willd.)Backer {Synonym}
    Derris uliginosa (Willd.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Galedupa uliginosa (Willd.)Roxb. {Synonym}
    Pongamia madagascariensis Baker {Synonym}
    Pongamia uliginosa (Willd.)DC. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus frutescens Blanco {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus uliginosus Roxb. {Synonym}
    Robinia uliginosa Willd. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Derris [1941]; Fanamo [3402]; Fanamovahy [3402]; Hora Papua [2968]; Kala-wel [1957]; Tekil [4751]; Tilankoddi [4751]; Tuba [1941]; Uppu Thailan-kodi [4751]; Vahimpanamo [3402]; Vahinamo [3402]; Vahisamonta [3402]; Varongohofotsy [3402]; Veronkohifotsy [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210, 3090]; Natal [3090]; Tanzania (N) [210]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914, 3873]; Brunei (N) [3004]; China (N) [210, 1978, 3415]; Fujian [3415]; Guangdong [3415]; Guangxi [3415]; India (N) [1914, 1977, 1978, 3009, 3020, 3027, 3043, 3092, 3094, 3113]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Assam [1977]; Goa [3094]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Maharashtra [1977]; Meghalaya [3043]; Orissa [1977]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; West Bengal [1977]; Indonesia (N) [261, 1978, 2111, 3004, 3967]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [2111]; Kalimantan (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [1978, 2111, 3004]; Moluccas (N) [3004]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1978]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [1979, 3090, 3963]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sarawak (N) [3004]; Singapore (N) [2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 1978]; Sulawesi (N) [3004]; Sumatera (N) [3967]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 2827, 3415]; Thailand (N) [1971]; Vietnam (N) [1978]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [210, 1880, 1915]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1914, 1977]; Madagascar (N) [210, 261, 1915, 3402]; Nicobar Is (N) [1914, 1977, 3612]; Reunion (U) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [1941]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Samoa-JML (N) [2968]; Society Is (I) [2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261]; Tonga (N) [2968]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1915, 1929, 1941, 1957, 1978, 2111, 2825, 3026, 3402, 3415, 3898] ; Illustration [210, 261, 1915, 1929, 2823, 3402, 3415]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [1941] [3402], Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999-05 Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS

  
USES:
  Fibre [1957, 3873]; Forage [3873]; Medicine [1957, 2828, 3030, 3873]; Miscellaneous [3030]; Toxins [121, 1957, 2264, 2828, 2872, 3402]; Weed [2264]

  
NOTES:
  Presence of this species on the Mascarenes is uncertain as the specimen is old [1915]
  and incomplete. [1915]
  Indigenous to the Seychelles. [1941]
  The pods and seeds of this species are often washed up on beaches. [3402]

  
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