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  • Newly released
    • Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) Vol. 46 No. 1 (2018), online version
 

- A new record of Mucuna Adans. (Leguminosae) for Thailand

- Sophora huamotensis, a new species of Sophora (Fabaceae-Papilionoideae-Sophoreae) from Thailand

- Taxonomy of Boesenbergia parvula (Zingiberaceae) with new synonymy

- Protected area complexes: a new approach to connectivity in Thailand

- Diospyros phengklaii (Ebenaceae), a new species from south-west Thailand

- A new combination in Genianthus (Apocynaceae – Secamonoideae)

- Two new names and five lectotypified taxa for the genus Smilax (Smilacaceae), and the transfer of Smilax petiolatumidus to the genus Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae)

- Notes on the genus Schizomussaenda H.L.Li (Rubiaceae)

- Erythrina calcicola sp. nov. (Fabaceae) from Thailand

- Chromosome numbers for selected Thailand plant species

- Gentiana laotica, a new species of Gentianaceae from Laos

 

 

 

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Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. - Fabaceae

Climber, stem and rachis with small thorns; stipules pinnate, 3-5 leaflets; leaves bipinnate, pinnae 3-9 pairs; leaflets 8-12 pairs, unequal at base; racemose, flowers yellow, bracts lately caducous; standard constricted at the middle; pods elliptic, 5-8 x 4 cm, with long bristles; seeds 2, greyish. Distributed in tropical regions, in Thailand more common in the peninsular, beach forest. Seeds poisonous.