Derris involuta

Location & distribution maps

Plant  information

Common name:         Native Derris

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

Flowers

• Racemes axillary, 10–25 cm long

• Pedicels c. 5 mm long

• Corolla 10–12 mm long, white and purple

• Flowering: spring–summer

Fruit:                            

• Pod 3–7 cm long, 10–12 mm wide

• Wing on upper suture ~ 2 mm wide

• Seeds 1–4

Leaves:         

• Leaves usually 10–15 cm long

• Leaflets mostly 9–13, ovate to elliptic, 2.5–7 cm long, 15–35 mm wide

• Apex obtuse or shortly pointed, margins entire

• Upper surface glabrous, lower surface sparsely rusty-hairy

• Petiole 3–6 cm long; lateral petiolules 2–3 mm long

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Tall woody climber

Habitat:   

• Grows in warm rainforest

Distribution:                  

• NSW, north from Wingham.

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

•  https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Derris~involuta (2024)