Fabaceae
Biancaea

Biancaea decapetala (Roth) O.Deg.

First published in Fl. Hawaiiensis: K7 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to S. Central & S. Japan. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Caesalpinia decapetala.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Nelson-Sutherland, C. (2010). Adiciones y Comentarios a la Flora de Honduras. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 51: 70-88.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R. & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Farfán, J.; Carazas, A.; Argandoña, W. [1149] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724193 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Valenzuela, L.; Sucili, E.; Huamantupa, I.; Carazas, A. [2771] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724194 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13529] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000580065 Yes
Aug 1, 2007 Mbenkum, T. [TFM 400] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000092669 Yes
Aug 1, 2007 Bauer, F. [119] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000092676 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Migeod, F. [96] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000092670 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Dalziel, J.M. [8182] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000092671 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Souza, V.C.; et al. [11184] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680593 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Etuge, M. [5416] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000746555 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Ruiz, R.; Rengifo, S. [1026] Colombia Caesalpinia decapetala K000680945 Yes
Oct 1, 1999 Lozano, P.; Ollgaard, B.; Laegaard, S.; Jansen, I. [1027] Ecuador Caesalpinia decapetala K000680946 Yes
Oct 1, 1999 Lozano, P.; Ollgaard, B.; Laegaard, S.; Jansen, I. [1027] Ecuador Caesalpinia decapetala K000680947 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Smith, D.N.; Brack-Egg, W.; Knapp, S. [6286] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724191 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Croat, T.B. [57659] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724192 Yes
Jun 26, 1998 Simões, H.C. [s.n.] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680599 Yes
Apr 1, 1997 Zapfack, L. [1162] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000338518 Yes
Jun 1, 1995 Pennington, T.D.; Leon, J.; Cavero, M. [15047] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724196 Yes
Jun 1, 1995 Pennington, T.D.; Leon, J.; Cavero, M. [15047] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724197 Yes
Dec 21, 1993 Catharino, E.L.M. [140] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680594 Yes
Sep 12, 1990 Bertuzzo, M.C. [s.n.] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680591 Yes
Oct 1, 1989 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8493] Cameroon Caesalpinia decapetala K000092567 Yes
Aug 7, 1989 Smith, D.; León, B. [1341a] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724195 Yes
Aug 7, 1989 Smith, D.; Tovar, O.; Leon, B. [1426] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000680948 Yes
Jul 28, 1989 Núñez, P.; Vargas, A.; Bocangel, G. [7182] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000680951 Yes
Jul 31, 1986 Rudall, P.; Kenton, A. [66-600] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000680949 Yes
Sazima, I.; Sazima, M. [2547] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680598 Yes
Gossweiler, Johannes [4473A] Angola Caesalpinia decapetala K001276455 Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India Caesalpinia decapetala K000789350 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandeman, C. [4334] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000680952 Yes
Ugent, D.; Ugent, V. [5265] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000680950 Yes
Pires, J.M. [57918] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680595 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K:SPC-58446.000 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [2552] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680601 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [s.n.] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680597 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [8720] Philippines Caesalpinia decapetala K000264163 Type Yes
Bernacci, L.C.; Andrade, P.R.P. [95] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680592 Yes
Pabst, G.F.J. [4113] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680600 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [5834] India Caesalpinia decapetala K000789348 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5834] Caesalpinia decapetala K000789347 Unknown Type Material Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [s.n.] Brazil Caesalpinia decapetala K000680596 Yes
Heyne, B. [5834] Caesalpinia decapetala K000789349 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hughes, C.E.; Daza, A.; Forrest, R. [227] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724199 Yes
Hughes, C.E.; Daza, A.; Forrest, R. [227] Peru Caesalpinia decapetala K000724198 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0