Derris malaccensis Prain

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Derris Lour.
Tribe: Millettieae
References: [230]

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Common Names:

• Akau Niukini [2266]
  
• Duva Ni Niukini [2266]
  
• New Guinea Creeper [2266]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1999-05 Heald J
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Toxins [261]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Zaire [230]

• Asia [261] [1179] [2968]
  • Burma [2968]
  • China [1179]
  • Malaysia-ISO [261]

• Australasia [261]
  • Papua New Guinea [261]

• Pacific Ocean [2264] [2266] [2968]
  • Fiji [2264]
  • Niue [2266]
  • Society Is [2968]

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Notes:

• May be cultivated Zaire.See Vanden Abeele & Vandeput (1951). (FCB, ref.230.)
  
• Poisonous; law forbids use as fish poison in Niue. [2266]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:04:34