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2. Smithia ciliata Roylewfo-0000192478

Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 201, t. 35, f. 2. 1835; Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 150. 1876; Robinson, Phillip. J. Sc. C3: 184. 1908; Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. C5: 77. 1910; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2(5): 532. 1920; Merr., En. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 283. 1923; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1(3): 401. 1928; van Meeuwen in van Steenis, Reinw. 5: 444. 1961; Lock & Heald, Legumes Indo-Chine: 50. 1994; R.Sha & A.Delgado in Z.Y.Wu et al., Fl. China 10: 134. 2010.— Damapana ciliata (Royle) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl.: 179. 1891.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Annual herb 15−60 cm tall; stems slender, glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, to 8 by 2−3 mm, apex mucronate, apiculate, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 6−10-foliolate; petioles 3−6 mm long, pubescent; rachis glabrous, 4−7 mm long. Leaflets oblong or lanceolate, 6−12 by 2−4 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, base oblique, margin entire or bristly-ciliate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous or with a few setae; petiolules ca 1 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, scorpioid cymes, usually clustered flowers, 4−5 cm long, glandular-setose; peduncle 1−2 mm long; bracts brown, lanceolate, 4−5 by 1−2 mm, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin ciliate, persistent; bracteoles lanceolate, 4−5 mm long, membranous. Flowers 10−12 mm long. Calyx 4−8 mm long, membranous with reticulate veins, dorsally with some scattered bulbous-based bristle-hairs, margin ciliate; tube ca 2 mm long; lobe ca 5 mm long. Corolla yellow or white; standard obovate, 8−11 by 5 mm, apex rounded to slightly emarginate, base acuminate; wings ovate, 8−10 by 3−4 mm; keel 9−11 by 3−4 mm, apex acuminate to beaked, inflexed. Stamens ca 10 mm long, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Pods 2.5−3 mm in diam., with 6−8 seed bearing segments, densely papillate. Seeds not seen.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao, Doi Inthanon, Doi Suthep-Pui, Hot), Uttaradit (Nam Pat); SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Khao Kamphaen).

Distribution : India (type), Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines.

Ecology : Sunny grassy slope, on sandy soil in evergreen forests, 1,100−2,000 m alt.

Vernacular : Wan phak bia (ว่านผักเบี้ย)(Chiang mai); khai pu (ไข่ปู)(Loei).