Caesalpinia crista

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Caesalpinia crista

Description

Liana up to 15 m, glabrous in all vegetative parts; branchlets more or less armed with recurved prickles. Leaves: rachis 10-30 cm; pinnae 2-4 (or 5) pairs, 2.5-8(-12) cm. Stipules minute, triangular, c. 1 mm long, caducous. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, paniculate, 20-40 cm long, the rachis shortly hairy when young; bracts c. 1 mm long; pedicels 7-15 mm, articulated c. 1 mm below flower. Flower buds glabrous. Sepals 6-8 by 2-4 mm, Petals 5-10 by 4-5 mm, clawed (claw up to 5 mm long). Seeds 1 (or 2), orbicular, ovoid to reniform in outline, flat, 2-2.5 by 1.5-2 by 0.5-1 cm, black.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Coastal parts of SE Asia present, from India through Malesia to Ryukyu Is., Australia (Queensland), Palau Is. and New Caledonia present
Coastal parts of SE Asia, from India through Malesia to Ryukyu Is., Australia (Queensland), Palau Is. and New Caledonia. All over Malesia except E Sumatra and E Borneo.

Citation

Merr. 1910 – In: Philipp. J. Sc., Bot.: 54
Rudd 1991 – In: Fl. Ceylon: 50.
J.E. Vidal 1984: p. 70. – In: Fl. Thailand: f. 17/1-7
Merr. 1917: Interpr. Rumph.: 261.
J.E. Vidal 1980: p. 33. – In: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: pl. 4/1-7
Hattink 1974: p. 20. – In: Reinwardtia: f. 4/3
Backer & Bakh.f 1964 – In: Fl. Java: 545