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9. Caesalpinia major (Medik.) Dandy & Exellwfo-0000178132

J. Bot. 76: 180. 1938; Hattiuk, Reinwardtia 9: 30. 1974; Vidal & Hui Thol, Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 395 (Bot. 27): 92. 1976; Vidal in Fl. C.L.V. 18 : 38. 131.5, 9–12. 1980.— Bonduc majus Medik., Theod. Spec.: 43, t. 3 sup. 1786. Fig. 18: 9–12.


Accepted Name : Guilandina major (Medik.) Small
Fl. S.E. U.S. 591. 1903.



Synonyms & Citations :

Guilandina bonduc L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 1: 545. 1762, pro parte.
Caesalpinia bonduc auct. non (L.) Roxb.: Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 2. 2: 362. 1832, proparte; Bak. in Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 2: 255. 1878; Gagnep. in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 2: 175. 1913.
Caesalpinia jayabo Maza, Ann. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 234. 1890, pro parte; Craib in Fl. Siam. En. 1: 502. 1928.


Description : Climber armed with straight and recurved prickles. Stipules awl-shaped, 1–3 mm; caducous. Leaves: rhachis 30–50 cm; pinnae 3–7 pairs; Leaflets 3–7 pairs, opposite to subopposite, shortly petiolulate (1–2 mm), elliptic-ovate, 2–8 by 1–5 cm, acute-mucronate at the tip, rounded and subequal at the base. Racemes supra-axillary, simple or branched, some with ♂ flowers, others with ♀ flowers (anthers without pollen). Bracts linear, 3–5 mm, erect, very early caducous. Pedicels 6–12 mm, pubescent, faintly jointed near the top. Sepals densely pubescent, subequal. Petals yellow, the standard constricted and hairy inside towards the middle. Filaments hairy. Ovary stalked, hairy and bristly, 3–4-ovulate, in the male flowers rudimentary. Pods stalked above the receptacle (5–10 mm), elliptic; in outline, 5–10 by 3–5 cm, set with hairy 6–7 mm long bristles. Seeds 2–4, subglobular, 20 by 15 mm, grey-green.


Thailand : PENINSULAR: Surat Thani, Trang, Pattani.


Distribution : Pantropic, in Asia: Ceylon, India, Burma, Cambodia, S Vietnam, Ryu Kyu Islands, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Type: drawing in Medikus, l.c.


Ecology : In thickets near the sea. Flowering: August–September; fruiting: November–March.


Vernacular : Wat (ว้าด), wiat (เวียด), kamchay (กำจาย)(Peninsular).


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