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<big>''[[Derris scandens]]'' (Roxb.) Benth.</big>
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:Protologue: Journ. Linn. Soc. 4, Suppl.: 103 (1860).

== Synonyms ==

''Brachypterum scandens'' (Roxb.) Benth. (1838).

== Vernacular names ==

*Hogcreeper (En)
*Indonesia: bendan, gobul (Javanese), sobi (Madura)
*Philippines: malasaga (Tagalog), lapak (Bikol)
*Thailand: khruea khao nang (Nakhon Ratchasima), thaowan priang (central), phan sanai (Chumphon)
*Vietnam: cóc kèn leo.

== Distribution ==

From India to northern Australia; throughout Malesia, but apparently absent in New Guinea.

== Uses ==

''D. scandens'' is used as a fish poison. In Thailand, the stems are used as a diuretic, laxative, expectorant, emmenagogue and in the treatment of common cold and backache. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.

== Observations ==

A liana up to 20 m long or scandent shrub with drooping branches, young branches finely pubescent; leaflets (7-)9-13(-19), puberulous beneath; inflorescence axillary; flowers with pubescent purplish calyx and whitish or pinkish corolla, standard without basal callosities, glabrous or hairy on the back; fruit narrowly oblong or strap-shaped, with a broad wing along one side. ''D. scandens'' occurs in light forest and brushwood in the lowland (up to 200 m altitude in Java).

== Selected sources ==

97, 202, 287, 580, 1009, 1542.

== Authors ==

Auzay Hamid


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