VERNACULAR NAME: |
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| Derris Root [1978]; Duva Ni Vavalagi [2264]; Tuba Root [1978, 3873] | |
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
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HABITATS:
Africa
Cultivated [230];
LITERATURE POINTERS: |
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| Description [230, 261, 1978, 2111, 3415, 3465, 3873, 3898, 3920] ; Illustration [3415, 3920] | |
DESCRIPTORS: |
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| Climbing: Climbing [261], Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM | |
USES: |
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| Environmental [3920]; Toxins [261, 1915, 1957, 1978, 2264, 2968, 3873] | |
NOTES:
Wallich, Pl.As.Rar.3,t.237(Mar.1832), has priority [2297]
Doubtfully present in Samoa, Niue, and the Cook and Society Islands. [2968]
Both wild and introduced in Papuasia. [261]
Cultivated by many tribes for the roots (contain rotenone) used as fish poison [261]
Should be transferred to Paraderris according to Geesink (1984) & Adema (p c). [1967]
Native to Tropical Asia. [1915]
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