Caesalpinia andamanica

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Caesalpinia andamanica

Description

Liana up to 20 m, glabrous in all vegetative parts, prickles recurved, 2-6 mm long. Leaves: rachis 15-50 cm long; pinnae 2-6 pairs, 7-16 cm long, ending in c. 1 mm long tip. Stipules caducous, scale-like, 0.5 by 2 mm, acute, appressed. Flower buds glabrous. Sepals 4-12 by 6 mm. Petals spreading, obovate or elliptic, 9-10 by 5-7 mm, shortly clawed, glabrous. Stamens exserted; filaments 12-14 mm; anthers 3 mm long. Seeds 3 or 4, spaced, ovate in outline, flat, c. 11 by 6 mm, brown, smooth.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Ipoh present, Kaw Chang present, Lampung present, Pang-nga present, Peninsula present, Perak present, Perlis present, S Andamans present, Salak present, Surat present, Tenasserim present
Burma (Tenasserim), India (S Andamans), Thailand (Peninsula, Kaw Chang, Pang-nga, Surat); Malesia: Sumatra (Lampung), Malay Peninsula (Perlis, Perak, Salak, Ipoh)

Citation

Prain 1897 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 234.
Ridley 1922 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 647.
J.E. Vidal 1984: p. 79. – In: Fl. Thailand: f. 20/13-16.
J.E. Vidal 1980: p. 48. – In: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: pl. 7/13-16