Caesalpinia cucullata
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Description
Liana up to 20 m, all parts glabrous; branches armed with recurved prickles 5-10 mm long.
Leaves: rachis 10-40 cm long; pinnae 3-6 pairs, 10-20 cm long; Leaflets (sub)opposite, 3-6 pairs per pinna, petiolulate (2-4 mm), coriaceous, ovate, 5-12 by 2.5-6.5 cm, base acute to rounded, inequal to subequal, apex acuminate.
Stipules absent.
Inflorescences axillary and terminal, paniculate, 20-50 cm long, often from old stems; bracts absent; pedicels c. 8 mm, articulated in the middle or at c. 1/3 from the top.
Flower buds globose.
Sepals 5-12 by 3-4 mm.
Petals: standard 6-8 by 10-12 mm, bilobed to about half the length, not clawed; the others suborbicular to ovate, 5.5-8.5 by 4-6 mm, slightly clawed.
Stamens far exsert- ed; filaments 20-25 mm; anthers c. 1.5 mm long.
Seeds orbicular, flat, c. 1 cm in diam., shining brown.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Kalimantan: Banjarmasin present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, N & W Sumatra present
India, China, Vietnam, Thailand; in Malesia: N & W Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo (Kalimantan: Banjarmasin), Java, Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao), Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali)