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Eriosema chinense Vogelwfo-0000188411

Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 31. 1843; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2(4): 219. 1876; Craib, Contrib. Fl. Siam, Dicot.: 68. 1912; Fl. Siam. 1(3): 467. 1928; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2(3): 292. 1916; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 565. 1922; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 637. 1963; Thuân in Aubrév. & J.-F.Leroy, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 17: 137. 1979; R.Sha & M.G.Gilbert in C.Y.Wu et al., Fl. China 10: 227. 2010. Plate LVIII: 3.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Perennial herb with swollen storage root, 30–60 cm tall, with a few branches, densely hairy and glandular. Stipules lanceolate, 3–4 by ca 0.5 mm, outside hairy, inside glabrous. Leaves 1-foliolate, alternate; petioles 1–2 mm long, densely hairy. Leaflets lanceolate, 1–3 by 0.3–0.5 cm, apex apiculate or rounded, base truncate, margin entire, both surfaces hairy and glandular; lateral veins numerous. Racemes 5–15 mm long; bracts lanceolate, 9–10 by 0.5 mm, apex acuminate, margin hairy, both sides glabrous. Calyx: tube 1.5–2 mm long; lobes triangular, 1.5–3 by 1–1.5 mm, apex acuminate, margin hairy, outside hairy and glandular, inside glabrous. Corolla yellow: standard suborbicular, 6–7 by 5–6.5 mm, without callosities, apex emarginate, margin entire, outside hairy and glandular at base, inside glabrous; wings obovate to oblong, 4–5 by 2–2.5 mm, apex rounded, margin entire, glandular outside, glabrous inside, claw ca 1 mm long, auricles ca 0.5 mm long; keel 4–5 by 2–2.5 mm, claw 1–2 mm long, apex rounded, outside glandular, inside glabrous. Stamens: tube 4–5 mm long, glabrous; filaments 1.5–2 mm long; anthers less than 0.5 mm long. Ovary densely villous and glandular; style 4.5–5 mm long. Pods circular to oblong with 1–2 loments, 9–10 by 5–6 mm, densely villous. Seeds 1–2, 2.5–3 by ca 2 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son (Khun Yuam, Mae Sariang), Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao WS, Doi Suthep, Hot, Mae Rim, Omkoi, Bo Luang), Lamphun (Mae Tha), Lampang (Doi Khun Tan NP), Phrae, Tak (Mae Sot, Sam Ngao), Phitsanulok (Phu Miang), Nakhon Sawan (Hua Wai); NORTH-EASTERN: Phetchabun (Nam Nao NP), Loei (Phu Kradueng NP, Phu Luang WS, Phu Ruea NP), Udon Thani (Nong Wua So), Nong Khai (Si Chiang Mai), Bueng Kan (Phu Wua WS), Sakon Nakhon (Phu Phan NP), Mukdahan (Phu Pha Thoep NP), Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen (Phu Wiang NP); EASTERN: Chaiyaphum (Phu Khiao WS), Nakshon Ratchasima (Sakaerat), Buri Ram (Khao Phanom Rung), Surin (Sangkha), Amnat Charoen (Chanuman), Ubon Ratchathani (Khong Chiam); SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani (Ban Rai), Kanchanaburi (Sangkhla Buri, Si Yok, Si Sawat), Prachuab Khiri Khan (Hua Hin); CENTRAL: Saraburi (Ban Mo, Namtok Samlan NP); SOUTH-EASTERN: Sa Kaeo (Aranya Prathet, Watthana Nakhon), Chon Buri (Si Racha); PENINSULAR: Satun.

Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (type), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia.

Ecology : Common in dry dipterocarp forest, open marshy grassland or open areas on soil sandstone bedrock. Flowering and fruting: June–December.

Vernacular : Haeo dam (แห้วดำ)(Nakhon Sawan); ya luk lip (หญ้าลูกลีบ)(Loei); haeo pradu (แห้วประดู่)(Central); khon Khlong (ค้อนกลอง)(Prachin Buri); man thong (มันท่ง)(Surat Thani); man chang (มันช่าง)(Satun).