Brachypterum scandens(Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Miq.

WFO wfo-0000205328 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-12-06 / obs. 171922989
Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. b Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50364007
Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171922991
Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171922992
Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50364162
Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171922995
Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50364170
Brachypterum scandens, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50364144

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Brachypterum scandens is native: China South-Central, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Queensland China South-CentralAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesQueensland Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Brachypterum scandens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Brachypterum timorense (DC.) Benth.
  • Dalbergia robusta Miq. ex Benth.
  • Dalbergia scandens Roxb.
  • Dalbergia timoriensis DC.
  • Dalbergia venusta Zipp. ex Span.
  • Deguelia timoriensis (DC.) Taub.
  • Derris scandens (Roxb.) Benth.
  • Derris scandens var. saharanpurensis (Thoth.) Thoth.
  • Derris scandens var. shanicus Thoth.
  • Derris scandens var. toppinii Thoth.
  • Derris timorensis (DC.) Pittier
  • Derris timoriensis var. saharanpurensis Thoth.
  • Galedupa frutescens Blanco
  • Millettia litoralis Dunn
  • Pongamia coriacea Graham
  • Pterocarpus scandens (Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Solori scandens (Roxb.) Sirich. & Adema
  • Solori scandens var. saharanpurensis (Thoth.) Kottaim.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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