''Spatholobus'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It includes 35 species of

liana A liana is a long-Plant stem, stemmed Woody plant, 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 (biology), canopy in search of direct sunlight. T ...

s which range from the

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to Indochina, southern China, and western

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(

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, and the

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). It grows in seasonally-dry to evergreen tropical forest and thicket, often on rocky slopes and in disturbed areas. It belongs to subfamily

Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is widely ...

. *'' Spatholobus acuminatus'' *'' Spatholobus albus'' *'' Spatholobus apoensis'' *'' Spatholobus auricomus'' *'' Spatholobus auritus'' *'' Spatholobus biauritus'' *'' Spatholobus bracteolatus'' *'' Spatholobus crassifolius'' *'' Spatholobus discolor'' *'' Spatholobus dubius'' *''

Spatholobus ferrugineus ''Spatholobus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae. It includes 35 species of lianas which range from the Indian subcontinent to Indochina, southern China, and western Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, ...

'' *'' Spatholobus gengmaensis'' *'' Spatholobus gyrocarpus'' *'' Spatholobus harmandii'' *'' Spatholobus hirsutus'' *'' Spatholobus latibractea'' *'' Spatholobus latistipulus'' *'' Spatholobus littoralis'' *'' Spatholobus macropterus'' *'' Spatholobus maingayi'' *'' Spatholobus merguensis'' *'' Spatholobus multiflorus'' *'' Spatholobus oblongifolius'' *'' Spatholobus parviflorus'' *'' Spatholobus persicinus'' *'' Spatholobus pottingeri'' *'' Spatholobus pulcher'' *'' Spatholobus purpureus'' *'' Spatholobus ridleyi'' *'' Spatholobus sanguineus'' *'' Spatholobus sinensis'' *'' Spatholobus suberectus'' *'' Spatholobus uniauritus'' *'' Spatholobus varians'' *'' Spatholobus viridis''

References

Phaseoleae Fabaceae genera Flora of the Indomalayan realm Taxa named by Justus Carl Hasskarl {{Phaseoleae-stub