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7. Caesalpinia crista L.wfo-0000164573

Sp. Pl.: 380. 1753, pro parte; emend. Dandy & Exell, J. Bot. 76: 179. 1938; Back. & Bakh. f., Fl. Java 1: 545. 1964; Hattink, Reinwardtia 9: 20. 1974; Vidal & Hul Thol, Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 395 (Bot. 27): 87. 1976; Vidal in Fl. C.L.V. 18: 33. Pl. 4, 1–6. 1980. Fig. 17: 1–7.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Climber, glabrous on all vegetative parts, armed with recurved prickles. Stipules awl-shaped, ca 1 mm, caducous. Leaves: rhachis 10–20 cm; pinnae 2–4 pairs; leaflets 2–4 pairs, opposite, petiolulate (2–4 mm), elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, 2–6 by 1–3 cm, obtuse or shortly acuminate at the tip, rounded or cuneate and subequal at the base. Racemes axillary and combined into terminal panicle. Bracts ca 1 mm, caducous. Pedicels 10–15 mm, glabrous, jointed near the top. Sepals glabrous, the lowest one hood-shaped. Petals yellow, the standard red or red-striped, constricted, and hairy inside towards the middle. Filaments hairy. Ovary shortly stalked, glabrous or pubescent, 1–2-ovulate. Pods stalked aboye the receptacle (2–5 mm), subel-liptic or rhombic in outline; 4–7 by 2.5–3.5 cm, obtuse to acute at the top and at the base. Seeds 1 (rarely 2) flattened, subreniform, 12 by 20 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Chiang Dao); CENTRAL: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); PENINSULARI: Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani, Phuket.

Distribution : From India to Polynesia: Ceylon (type), India, Andaman Islands, Burma, Cambodia, S & N Vietnam, S China, Taiwan, Ryu Kyu Islands, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, N Australia, Polynesia.

Ecology : In thickets along streams, mangroves and sea shore. Flowering: January; fruiting: June.

Vernacular : The phi (เทพี)(Peninsular).