Vines to 15 m. Stems slender. Leaves: stipules lanceolate, 3 mm; petiole slender, to 3 cm; blade obliquely ovate, 60 × 30 mm, base cordate, apex rounded. Racemes lax, elon­gated; bract subulate, 2 mm; bracteoles similar to bract, smaller, near middle of pedicel. Pedicels 2 cm. Flowers: buds oblong, 8 mm; hypanthium tubular, 8 mm; calyx splitting into 2 distinct segments; petals narrowly obovate, subequal, 20 mm, claw 5 mm; filaments 25 mm, shortly connate basally with staminodes; anthers 3 mm; staminodes 6–7 mm; gynoecium arcuate, nearly equaling stamens; stigma oblique. Legumes: stipe 5 mm; often slightly falcate, 60–150 × 15 mm, acute at both ends, rugulose. Seeds dark brown, 6 × 6 mm; funicular aril lobes subequal, 1 mm.

Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: introduced also in tropical areas nearly worldwide..
Elevation: 0–50 m.

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Asia, introduced also in tropical areas nearly worldwide.

Discussion

Phanera yunnanensis is frequently cultivated in tropi­cal and subtropical areas and is naturalized in the flora area in Miami-Dade County.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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