55. Disynstemon paullinioides (Baker) M. Peltier
Fabales > Fabaceae > Disynstemon
Publication: Adansonia: recueil périodique d'observations botanique, n.s. 17(2): 202. 1977.
Local name: Vahimpindy.
IUCN Red List: LC ver 3.1
Year published: 2012
Belongs to the monotypic genus; Subfamily: Faboideae; Tribe: Millettieae.
Woody climbing shrub up to 10 m tall, with short, leafy, flowering branches. Leaves deciduous, trifoliolate-digitate. Inflorescences terminal, racemiform paniculate. Fruit cylindrical, attenuated at the tips, covered with felted hair; 3- 5 seeds, weakly compressed.
Phylogenetically, Disynstemon forms a clade related to the tribe of Indigofereae (Schrire & al., 2009).
Flowering time: December
Population: 11 subpopulations
Lower elevation limit: 50 metres
Fruiting time: March
Trends:
Upper elevation limit: 800 metres