Acacia megaladena var. megaladena

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Acacia megaladena var. megaladena

Description

Scrambling shrub or woody climber, 25 m long or more, 3-12 cm in diameter. Branchlets terete, armed with 0.5 mm long recurved prickles, often scarcely developed in the distal parts; Leaves evenly distributed along the stem; Stipules filiform-linear, 2-3 by 0.5-1 mm, with a widened base, puberulous, caducous. Inflorescences consisting of pedunculate glomerules aggregated into terminal or axillary panicles; Flowers subsessile, ?white, bisexual, pentamerous. Stamens 4.5 mm. Ovary woolly, 0.8-0.9 mm, stipe 0.5-1 mm. Seeds dark brown, ovate-elliptic to elliptic, flattened, c. 7-9 by 4.5-5.5 mm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, Nepal present, S China present
India, Nepal, S China, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China; in Malesia: Java.