Acacia pseudointsia (PROSEA)
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Acacia pseudointsia Miq.
- Protologue: Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 12 (1855).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: kelichi, kayap (Peninsular)
- Thailand: khee chaang (northern).
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia, ash from the fruits has been used as powder to treat itch.
Observations
A straggling shrub or liana up to 40 m long; leaflets chartaceous, lateral veins of leaflets forming a reticulate pattern beneath, glands on petiole and rachis elliptical to oblong; flower glomerules 9-10 mm in diameter; pod oblong to lanceolate, 18-25 cm × 3.5-5 cm. A. pseudointsia occurs in primary and secondary rain forests, often at riversides, up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
121, 247, 249, 334.
Main genus page
Authors
S. Aggarwal