Aganope heptaphylla (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Aganope heptaphylla (L.) Polhill

Family: Leguminosae

Synonyms

• Derris heptaphylla (L.) Merrill.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: tali berkumpul, wali ahuhun (the Moluccas)
• Philippines: asi-asimanan (Tagalog), balay-lamok (Ilocano), baliotos (Bisaya).

Distribution

From Sri Lanka, India and Burma east to southern China and south to the Philippines and New Guinea.

Uses

Young leaves are eaten raw or cooked.

Observations

• Climbing or scrambling shrub, 3-15 m long.
• Leaves imparipinnately compound with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets elliptical or oblong-elliptical, 3-20 cm × 1.4-13 cm, coriaceous.

In mangrove swamps, banks of littoral creeks, estuaries and associated forests up to 30 m altitude.

Selected sources

7, 44, 72, 92.