Taxon: Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) Adema

Common names:

• derris   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• tubaroot   (Source: Hortus 3 as Derris elliptica)
  

Economic importance:

• Non-vertebrate poisons: plant pest control   (source of insecticide "rotenone" fide Dict Econ Pl, as Derris elliptica; Pl Book, as Derris elliptica)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: fish   (fide Leg NewGui, as Derris elliptica)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Paraderris elliptica from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India [Great Nicobar Island, Assam]
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Sumatra; Malaysia; Philippines

Other:

• cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Adema, F. 2003. Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 9. The genus Paraderris. Blumea 48:129–144.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [= Derris elliptica].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Paraderris elliptica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Paraderris elliptica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Deguelia elliptica (Roxb.) Taub.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (≡) Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Galedupa elliptica Roxb.
  
• (≡) Pongamia elliptica Wall. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) Adema:

• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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