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8. Ormosia pinnata (Lour.) Merr.wfo-0000197182

Lingnan Sci. J. 14: 12. 1935 & Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. 24(2): 192. 1935; Merr. & Chen, Sargentia 3: 103. 1943; Niyomdham, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 13: 12, f. 6. 1980; H.Sun & Vincent in Z.Y.Wu et al., Fl. China 10: 82. 2010.— Cynometra pinnata Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 268. 1790; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2: 155. 1913.— Fedorovia pinnata (Lour.) Yakovlev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 196. 1973. Fig. 57.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Tree 15–20 m tall; young shoots, leaf-rachis, inflorescences and calyces appressedly tawny puberulous. Stipules small, caducous. Leaves with petioles 4.5–8 cm long; rachis 9–13 cm long. Leaflets 7–9, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 6–19 by 2.5–5 cm, apex acuminate with small mucronate tip, base cuneate to obtuse subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral veins 6–9 pairs; petiolules ca 5 mm long. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate, 20–30 cm long; pedicels 3–5 mm long. Calyx ca 10 mm long; teeth ovate, acute, ± as long as tube. Corolla yellowish, turning to pinkish; limb of standard orbicular, ca 12 mm diam., with 2 callus-like appendages on inner side at base; claw short, ca 2 mm long; wings and keel obovate-oblong, 14–15 by 6–7 mm. Ovary appressedly puberulous; ovules 5. Pods obovoid when 1-seeded, subcylindric-torulose and septate between seeds, if more than 1-seeded, 2–3.5 by 1.5–2 cm, glabrescent; valves thick coriaceous, yellowish-brown to golden when dry. Seeds 1–3, oblong-ellipsoid, 15–20 by 9–15 mm; testa fragile, bright red, free from the cotyledons when dry.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Narathiwat (Waeng).

Distribution : China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (type).

Ecology : Evergreen forests, 250–600 m alt.