Caesalpinia sumatrana
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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)