''Mezoneuron sumatranum'' is a leguminous species first described by
William Roxburgh.
No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
This and a number of similar species are called "cat's claw"
liana
A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a ta ...
s: recognisable by raised spines on stems and found in
tropical forests of the
Indian subcontinent (including
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
),
Indochina,
Malesia and
Papua New Guinea.
References
[Verdcourt,B., 1979 ''A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG'']
[Rudd,V.E., 1991 ''Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae'']
[ILDIS World Database of Legumes](_blank)
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External links
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Caesalpinieae