Trees & Plants

Common derris

Thelaviyo

Derris trifoliata Lour.

Fairly common in some northern islands in the mangrove habitats Leaves are used to kill a wide range of creatures including insects, earthworms and fish. The plant is used in local medicine as a stimulant and antispasmodic and prescribed for rheumatism, chronic paralysis and 15 d

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uses: Leaves are used to kill a wide range of creatures including insects, earthworms and fish. The plant is used in local medicine as a stimulant and antispasmodic and prescribed for rheumatism, chronic paralysis and 15 dysmenorrhea.
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Dalbergia heterophylla Willd., Derris affinis Benth., Meibomia heterophylla in (Willd.) Kuntze
description: Woody climbers, stem sparsely for lenticellate. Leaves pinnate, alternate, to 15 cm; leaflets 3-5, oblong-lanceolate, 4.5-9 × 2-4 cm, base obtuse, margin entire, apex acuminate; petiole to 10 cm. Racemes to 12 cm; pedicel to 4 mm. Flowers to 1 cm across. Calyx-tube 4 mm. Petals rose; standard × × orbicular, 1.2 0.9 cm; wings 1.2 0.2 cm; × keels 1 0.4 cm. Staminal sheath 8 mm. Ovary 4 mm. Pod ovoid or orbicular, base and apex obtuse, glabrous, winged; seeds 1 or 2.
native range: Australia, Madagascar and Papua New Guinea
distribution: Pantropical
english names: Common derris
flowering fruiting: January - October
occurrence maldives: Fairly common in some northern islands in the mangrove habitats