Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth.

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 11075, Jul 1909

  • Location

    Philippines. Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Island of Minadanao.

  • Habitat

    Scandent in light woods of a ridge along the Baractan creek.

  • Description

    stem 1 inch thick, crooked and twisted, numerously branched all along, and forming dense tangled tangled messes; ultimate branchlets suberect: wood flexible, soft covered by lenticelled brown bark; leaves ascendingly spreading; the leaflets coriaceeous, smooth and green above glaucescent beneath except yellowish brown hairs, flat only slightly descending; infrutescene ascending, the rufous brown stalks 6 inches long; the glaucous green pods descending, straight much flattened.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4803503

    Occurrence ID: ba4985b9-9373-4e7a-ad70-515991f3eea4

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • Locality

    Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Island of Minadanao

  • Elevation

    Alt. 457 m. (1499 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
^	DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
TODAYA (MT. APO), DISTRICT OF DAVAO
IStLAND OF MINDANAO. JULY* 1909
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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1107&* Perris elliptioa Benth. Soandent In light
woods ©f a ridge along the Baracatan creek at 1500 feetf
•tom % inch thick, crooked and twistsfe numerously branched
all along» and forming dense tangled "tangled masses:
ultimate branchiete suberect: wood flexible, soft, oovered
iqdk by lentioelled brown bark; leaves asoendingly spread-
ing; the leaflets coriaceous, smooth and green above
glaooesoent beneath etoept the yellowish brown hairs, flat
only Slightly descending; infrutescence wmm£xg ascending»
the rufous brown stalks 6 inches long; the glaucous green
"* n,**fflte"5«,MELD NOTES
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