粤东鱼藤 yue dong yu teng

Basionym: Derris hancei Hemsley, Bot. Mag. 131: t. 8008. 1905.

Lianas. Leaves (5 or)7- or 9-foliolate; rachis 12-17 cm, including petiole 4.5-9 cm; leaflet blades obovate-oblong, 5-9 × 2-3.5 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous, abaxially greenish white and midvein conspicuously prominent, base cuneate, broadly cuneate, or slightly rounded, apex shortly and obtusely acuminate. Pseudoracemes axillary, 7-12 cm, narrow, scattered puberulent. Pedicel slender, 3-5 mm. Flowers 1.1-1.3 cm. Ca­lyx purplish red, 3-4 mm, subtruncate, outside glabrous, inside with a ring of pubescence around mouth. Corolla white tinged with red outside, 1-1.2 cm; standard suborbicular, apex emargi­nate. Ovary sericeous. Legume obliquely ovoid to narrowly ovoid, 2.5-4 × 1.5-1.8 cm, glabrous, with transverse reticulate veins when mature; both sutures with a 1-1.5 mm wide wing. Seeds 1(or 2) per legume. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Jul-Jan.

● Along trails, near pond banks. Guangdong, Guangxi.