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Ormosia monosperma (Sw.)Urb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Ormosia Jacks.

Ormosia monosperma (Sw.)Urb. [Preferred name]
    Ormosia dasycarpa Jacks. {Synonym}
    Ormosia subsessilis Pittier {Synonym}
    Podalyria monosperma Poir. {Synonym}
    Sophora monosperma Sw. {Synonym}
    Virgilia rubiginosa DC. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Angelin [1555]; Angelin-batard [1290]; Angelin-palmiste [1290]; Bastard Nickars [1555]; Bois Fouge [1555]; Bois Kaklin [1290]; Bois Oui [1555]; Caconi Rouge [1555]; Caconnier Blanc [1290]; Caconnier Rouge [1555]; Grain l'Eglise [1555]; Grande Savonnette [1290]; Jumbi Beads [1555]; Jumbie [1555]; Jumby [1555]; Pionia [1555]; Pionia Montanero [1555]; Snakewood [1555]; Wawi [1555]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Cuba (I) [1555]; Dominica (N) [1555]; Grenada (N) [1555]; Guadeloupe (N) [1290, 1555]; Martinique (N) [1290, 1555]; Montserrat (N) [1555]; St Lucia (N) [1555]; St Vincent (N) [1555, 1571]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [1555, 1571]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (U) [2264]
  South America
Venezuela (N) [1363, 1555, 1571]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1290, 1555, 1571, 1915] ; Distribution Map [1555]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Tree [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1290.

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

1363.

  Isely, D., 1981
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.25(3):1-264 Legum. of the U.S.: III.

1555.

  Rudd, V.E., 1965
    Contr.U.S.Natl.Herb.32(5):279-384American Spp. Ormosia

1571.

  Rudd, V.E., 1972
    N. Amer. Fl. Ser. II(7):1-53 Leguminosae

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

2264.

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