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Derris robusta (DC.)Benth.

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GENUS: Derris Lour.

Derris robusta (DC.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Brachypterum platyphyllum Miq. {Synonym}
    Dalbergia robusta DC. {Synonym}
    Deguelia robusta (Roxb.)Taub. {Synonym}
    Derris polyphylla (Miq.)Benth. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914, 1978, 3383, 3873]; China (N) [1914, 1978, 3415, 3894]; Yunnan [3415]; India (N) [1914, 1978, 3037, 3040, 3368, 3899]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [1978]; Meghalaya [1978]; Nagaland [1914]; Punjab [1978]; Tripura [1978]; Uttar Pradesh [1978]; West Bengal [3037, 3368]; Indonesia (U) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1978]; Pakistan (U) [1977]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957, 3899]; Thailand (N) [1971]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1977, 1978, 3415, 3873, 3898, 3899] ; Illustration [3873]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1993 Polhill RM ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1978, 3037, 3873]; Forage [1978, 3030]; Medicine [3873]; Wood [1978, 3030, 3873]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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.

1971.

  Craib, W.G., 1928
    Florae Siamensis Enumeratio, vol 1, Part 3. Bangkok: Siam So

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

3030.

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

3037.

  Chaudhuri, A.B., 1993
    Forest Plants of Eastern India

3040.

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

3368.

  Matthew, KM, 1981
    Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Kurseong, Darjeeling

3383.

  Khatun, R.B., 1987
    Tree Legumes of Bangladesh

3415.

  Chen, P.Y., 1994
    Pongamia, Derris. In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 40 (Leguminosae 2)

3873.

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

3894.

  Adema, F., 2000
    Pers.comm.

3898.

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

3899.

  Baker, J.G., 1879
    Flora of British India 2(1):62-306 Leguminosae

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