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Deguelia scandens Aubl.

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GENUS: Deguelia Aubl.

Deguelia scandens Aubl. [Preferred name]
    Deguelia negrensis (Benth.)Taub. {Synonym}
    Derris guianensis Benth. {Synonym}
    Derris longifolia Benth. {Synonym}
    Derris negrensis Benth. {Synonym}
    Derris pterocarpus (DC.)Killip {Synonym}
    Derris scandens (Aubl.)Pittier {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus pterocarpus DC. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ala-vel [4751]; Bo-Kala-Vel [4751]; Gonj [3030]; Hog Creeper [1978]; Kala-wel [4751]; Kalungu Kodi [4751]; Tekil [4751]; Welan-tekel [4751]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  South America
Bolivia (N) [1289]; Brazil (N) [1231, 1442]; Colombia (U) [2267]; French Guiana (N) [1231, 1408, 2267]; Peru (N) [1442, 2090]; Surinam (U) [2267]; Venezuela (U) [2267]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2267] ; Illustration [2267]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1231.

  Ducke, A., 1949
    Bol.Tecn.Inst.Agron.N.18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama

1289.

  Foster, R.C., 1958
    Contr.Gray Herb.184:91-102 catalogue of...plants of Bolivia

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1442.

  Macbride, J.F., 1943
    Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.,Bot.Ser.13(3/1):1-506 Leguminosae

1978.

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

2090.

  Zarucchi, J.L., 1993
    Monogr.Syst.Bot.Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:44-527.Cata.Fl.Pl.Gym

2267.

  Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G.de, 1989
    PhD thesis, Univ.of Campinas, Brazil

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

4751.

  Senaratna, L.K., 2001
    A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.

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