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4. Caesalpinia mimosoides Lam.wfo-0000196945

Enc. 1: 462. 1785; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 2: 256. 1878; Gagnep. In Fl. Gén. I.-C. 2: 178. 1913; Craib in Fl. Siam. En. 1: 503. 1928; Vidal & Hul Thol, Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. nat. Paris 395 (Bot. 27): 83. 1976; Vidal in Fl. C.L.V. 18: 29. Pl. 3, 8–14. 1980. Fig. 16: 8–14. Plate III, 2.

Accepted Name : Hultholia mimosoides (Lam.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
PhytoKeys 71: 61. 2016.

Description : Erect or climbing shrub, densely hispid and bristly on all parts. Stipules awl-shaped, 7–15 mm, caducous. Leaves: rhachis 25–40 cm; pinnae 10–30 pairs; leaflets 10–20 pairs, opposite, subsessile, oblong, ca 10 by 4 mm, rounded-mucronulate at the tip, unequal at the base. Racemes terminal. Bracts awl-shaped, 4 mm, villous. Pedicels 2–3 cm, hispid and bristly, jointed near the top. Sepals villous, dotted outside, the lowest one more concave. Petals yellow, the standard obovate, the others suborbicular. Filaments densely hairy. Ovary pilose, 2-ovulate. Pods sub-sessile on the receptacle, bladder-like, narrowed at the base, rounded-truncate and prolonged into a beak at the top. Seeds 2, ellipsoid, ca 10 by 7 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Rai, Phrae, Lampang, Nan, Phitsanulok; NORTH-EASTERN: Loei, Nakhon Phanom; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; PENINSULAR: Chumphon.

Distribution : India (type), Burma, Laos, S & N Vietnam, China (Yunnan).

Ecology : In thickets, clearings and hedges. Flowering: October–February; fruiting: January–February.

Vernacular : Phak pu ya (ผักปู่ย่า), nam pu ya (หนามปู่ย่า)(Northern); phak khaya (ผักขะยา)(Northeastern); phak kat ya (ผักกาดหญ้า)(Southeastern); Cha rueat (ช้าเรือด)(Peninsular).

Uses: Young shoots are locally consumed as fresh vegetable.