Caesalpinia oppositifolia

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Caesalpinia oppositifolia

Description

Liana; branchlets unarmed or with prickles. Leaves opposite; rachis 25-50 cm, shortly pubescent or glabrous; pinnae4-6 pairs. Stipules suborbicular, persistent, up to 35 by 45 mm. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, racemose, up to 40 cm long, rachis pubescent, glabrescent; bracts boat-shaped, c. 3 by 1 mm, caducous; pedicels 5-10 mm, articulated c. 0.5 mm from the base, pubescent. Flowers pubescent. Sepals c. 3 by 1.5 mm. Petals spathulate, 4-5 by 2 mm, very shortly clawed. Ovary c. 2 mm long, 2-ovuled; style 1-2 mm, hairy at the lower half, stigma ciliate. Seeds 2, ovoid in outline, flat, c. 27 by 3 mm, black.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Mt Kinabalu present, Sandakan region present
Malesia: Sabah (Sandakan region and Mt Kinabalu).