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Derris scandens var. scandens (Roxb.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Derris Lour.

Derris scandens var. scandens (Roxb.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.)Wight {Synonym}
    Brachypterum timorense (DC.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Deguelia timorensis (DC.)Taub. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gonj [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1978, 3873]; India (N) [1977, 1978, 3020, 3094, 3366, 3372, 3377]; Andhra Pradesh [1978]; Assam [1978]; Bihar [1978]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [1977]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [1978]; Maharashtra [1978]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [1977]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [1977]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [1978]; West Bengal [1977]; Yanan [3366]; Myanmar (N) [1914]; Nepal (N) [3366]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1978]; Nicobar Is (N) [1978]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1938, 1957, 1978, 3009, 3386, 3674] ; Illustration [1978, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Fibre [3030]; Toxins [3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

1977.

  Thothathri, K., 1961
    Bull.Bot.Surv.India 3:175-200.Studies in Legum.1:...Derris..

1978.

  Thothathri, K., 1982
    Fascicles of Flora of India 8. Derris. Calcutta:Bot.Sur.Indi

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3674.

  Sasidharan, N. & Sivarajan, V.V., 1996
    Flowering plants of Thrissur Forest...Kerala,India. Jodhpur.

3873.

  Alam, M.K. & Basak, S.R., 2000
    Bangladesh J.Pl.Taxon.4(2)71-81.Taxonom.stud.on Derris from
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