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Derris scandens (Roxb.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Derris Lour.

Derris scandens (Roxb.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Brachypterum scandens Benth. {Synonym}
    Brachypterum timorense Benth. {Synonym}
    Dalbergia scandens Roxb. {Synonym}
    Dalbergia timoriensis DC. {Synonym}
    Deguelia timoriensis (DC.)Taub. {Synonym}
    Derris timorensis (DC.)Pittier {Synonym}
    Derris timoriensis (DC.)Pittier {Synonym}
    Galedupa frutescens Blanco {Synonym}
    Millettia litoralis Dunn {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gonj [3030]; Hog Creeper [1978]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914, 1978, 3873]; Cambodia (N) [1970, 3465]; China (N) [1914, 1978, 3963]; East Timor (N) [3004]; India (N) [1914, 1977, 1978, 3020, 3027, 3031, 3040, 3094, 3119, 3366, 3372, 3376, 3377, 3674, 3963]; Andhra Pradesh [1977]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [1978]; Bihar [3031]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [1977]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3674]; Maharashtra [1978]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [1977]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [1978, 3004, 3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1970, 3465]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [1978, 2111, 3004]; Moluccas (N) [3004]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1978]; Nepal (N) [3366]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [1979, 3963]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Singapore (N) [2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 1978]; Sulawesi (N) [3004]; Thailand (N) [1914, 1978]; Vietnam (N) [1970, 3465]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [2111]
  Caribbean
St Kitts-Nevis (I) [1790]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1977]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [1977]; Reunion (I) [1915]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 1938, 1957, 1977, 1978, 2111, 3386, 3898] ; Illustration [1978, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [1915] [1977] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [1977] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1977] ; Source(s): 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lo

  
USES:
  Environmental [1915]; Fibre [1978, 3030, 3873]; Toxins [1978, 3873]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

1914.

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

1915.

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

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1957.

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

1970.

  Gagnepain, F., 1916
    Flore Generale de l'Indochine, Vol 2,3: Legumineuses.

1977.

  Thothathri, K., 1961
    Bull.Bot.Surv.India 3:175-200.Studies in Legum.1:...Derris..

1978.

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

1979.

  Merrill, E.D., 1923
    Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants Vol 2, Part 3

2111.

  Ridley, H.N., 1922
    Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I

3004.

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

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3030.

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

3031.

  Haines, H.H., 1908
    The Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur

3040.

  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3366.

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

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3465.

  Gagnepain, F., 1913
    In:Lecomte,H.(ed.), Flore Generale de L'Indochine 2, 2.

3674.

  Sasidharan, N. & Sivarajan, V.V., 1996
    Flowering plants of Thrissur Forest...Kerala,India. Jodhpur.

3873.

  Alam, M.K. & Basak, S.R., 2000
    Bangladesh J.Pl.Taxon.4(2)71-81.Taxonom.stud.on Derris from

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3963.

  Merrill, E.D., 1923
    An Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 2(3):241-323
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