Caesalpinia sumatrana

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Caesalpinia sumatrana

Description

Liana to 20 m, glabrous in all parts except sometimes hairy on the leaflets; branchlets unarmed or sparsely armed with up to 5 mm long prickles. Leaves: rachis 30-50 cm; pinnae 4-8 pairs, unarmed or sparsely armed with recurved prickles. Stipules none or early caducous. Inflorescences supra-axillary and terminal, paniculate, 30-80(-100) cm long; bracts boat-shaped, c. 1 by 0.5 mm; pedicels 5-20 mm, articulated at the base. Flower buds oblong, glabrous. Petals pink, more or less equal, spathulate, 12-32 by 8-12 mm, clawed (claw 10-15 mm). Stamens pale pink with brown anthers, not or slightly exceeding the petals; the filaments 15-29 mm; anthers c. 1.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Seeds brown, flat, elliptic, c. 11 by 7 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present), Bengkulu present, Central Prov. present, Guadalcanal present, India? present, Irian Jaya: Jayapura; Papua New Guinea: W Sepik present, Morobe present, New Britain present, New Ireland present, Papuan Is. present, W & E parts present, West- coast present, most of the provinces present
India?, Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal); in Malesia: Sumatra (West- coast, Bengkulu), Malay Peninsula (most of the provinces), Borneo (Sabah), Java (W & E parts), New Guinea (Irian Jaya: Jayapura; Papua New Guinea: W Sepik, Morobe, Central Prov., Papuan Is., New Britain, New Ireland)

Citation

Backer & Bakh.f 1964 – In: Fl. Java: 546
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1081
Verdc. 1979: p. 20. – In: Manual New Guinea Leg., Lae Bot. Bull.: f. 2.
Miq. 1860: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 108
Hattink 1974: p. 55. – In: Reinwardtia: f. 4/20.