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Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poir.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Lonchocarpus Kunth

Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poir.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Derris sericea (Poir.)Ducke {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus cruentus Lundell {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus formosanus DC. {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus pyxidarius DC. {Synonym}
    Robinia sericea Poir. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Garrapato [1292]; Harigna [3402]; Harina [3402]; Haringa [3402]; Juimai [1639]; Jumay [1639]; Jumayo [1639]; Savonnette Poilue [1290]; Savonnette-riviere [1290]; Vainillo [1639]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [212]; Benin (N) [212]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [212]; Gabon (N) [8]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Liberia (N) [212]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (I) [8]; Togo (N) [8]; Zaire (N) [230]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3366]; Karnataka [3366]; West Bengal [1914]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261, 1914]
  Caribbean
Cuba (N) [1516]; Grenada (N) [1056]; Guadeloupe (N) [1290]; Jamaica (N) [1056]; Martinique (N) [1290, 1516]; Puerto Rico (N) [1516]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [1056, 1516]
  Central America
Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1056, 1250, 1516, 1639]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1056, 1250, 1516, 1639]; Panama (N) [1224, 1250]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1516]; Colombia (N) [1516]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest. [212];
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [3, 212, 230, 261, 1056, 1250, 1290, 1516, 1639, 3402] ; Illustration [3, 12]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [261] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kum

  
USES:
  Environmental [14, 230, 3402]; Medicine [14]; Toxins [230, 3402]; Wood [14, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  An american species cultivated in the tropics. []

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

3.

  Keay, R.W.J. et al., 1964
    Nigerian Trees Vol.2

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

12.

  Aubreville, A., 1936
    La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire. Vol.1

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

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

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1224.

  D'Arcy, W.G., 1987
    Monogr.Syst.Botany Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora Panama.

1250.

  Dwyer, J.D., 1965
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.52(1):1-54 ...Dalbergieae

1290.

  Fournet, J., 1978
    Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe & Martinique

1292.

  Garcia-Barriga, H. & Forero, E., 1968
    Catalogo Ilustrado de Las Plantas de Cundinamarca 3:1-136

1470.

  McVaugh, R., 1987
    Flora Novo-Galiciana 5:1-786. Leguminosae

1516.

  Pittier, H., 1917
    Contr.U.S.Natl.Herb.20(2):37-93 Middle Amer. Spp.Lonchocarpu

1639.

  SousaS., M., 1987
    Fl. Novo-Galiciana 5:555-577 Lonchocarpus, In: McVaugh, R.

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2264.

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

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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