Dendrolobium baccatum

Dendrolobium baccatum is a species of flowering plants in the Fabaceae family. A shrub, it occurs in Mainland Southeast Asia. People use it for food and fuel.

Dendrolobium baccatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Genus:
Dendrolobium
Species:
D. baccatum
Binomial name
Dendrolobium baccatum
Synonyms
  • Desmodium baccatum Schindl.[2]
  • D. clovissii Gagnep.

Description

This plant grows as a shrub some 1 to 2m tall.[3] It flowers in October and November, fruits in December and January and can possess leaves all year round (becoming deciduous during prolonged dry periods).[4]

Distribution

This species is found in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.[2]

Habitat

D. baccatum is occurs in open and wet forests on peaty, clayey soils, and in scrub up to 900m elevation.[3][4] On islands of the Mekong river in Kratié and Stung Treng provinces, Cambodia, the shrub is medium abundant in Deciduous forest with bamboo and Mixed evergreen forest formations. It grows there on soils derived from a metamorphic sandstone bedrock, at 25 to 30m elevation.

Vernacular names

The shrub is called trônum bangkuëy (="habitat of lizards") in Khmer.[3]

Uses

The young fruit of the plant are edible, the wood makes excellent firewood.[3]

References
  1. "Dendrolobium baccatum Schindl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 278 (1924)". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. "Dendrolobium baccatum (Schindl.) Schindl". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Science. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. pp. 14, 15.
  4. Maxwell, James F. (2009). "Vegetation and vascular flora of the Mekong River, Kratie and Steung Treng Provinces, Cambodia". Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology. 3 (01): 143–211. ISSN 1905-7873.
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