Changes

*Derris, tuba root (En). *Touba (Fr). *Brunei: tuba (Dusun, Malay)

*Philippines: tubli, tugling-pula (Tagalog), upei (Bontok). *Burma (Myanmar): hon

*A liana up to 16 m long, root reddish-brown, apical shoots often leafless for several m and rusty pubescent; leaflets .*Leaflets 7-15, mostly densely rusty hairy on both surfaces when young; inflorescence .*Inflorescence axillary or fascicled on older branches; flowers .*Flowers with rusty pubescent calyx and pinkish corolla, standard with basal callosities, rusty silky hairy; fruit .*Fruit oblong or oblong-elliptical, with a narrow wing along both sides.  ''D. elliptica'' is commonly found in forest edges, roadsides and along rivers, in Java up to 1500 m altitude.

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*Auzay Hamid