Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Archidendron
3. Archidendron clypearia (Jack) I. C. Nielsen; Adansonia; n.s. 19: 15. 1979.
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Inga clypearia Jack; Malay. Misc. 2(7): 78. 1822; Abarema angulata (Bentham) Kostermans; A. clypearia (Jack) Kostermans; Pithecellobium angulatum Bentham; P. clypearia (Jack) Bentham; P. clypearia var. acuminatum Gagnepain.
Trees; to 10 m tall. Branchlets angulate; densely yellow tomentose. Leaf petiole 4-angulate; leaf rachis and base of petiole with glands; glands flat or hollow; pinnae (3 or)4 or 5(-8) pairs; densely yellow tomentose; lowermost pinna with 3-6 pairs of leaflets; uppermost one with 10-12 pairs of leaflets; leaflets subsessile; adaxially shiny; oblique; rhombic-trapezoid; 1-7 x 0.7-3 cm; upper one largest; downward smaller; leathery; both surfaces slightly brown pubescent; base very unequally sided. Corymbs several flowered; arranged in terminal or axillary panicles. Flowers pedicellate. Calyx campanulate; 1-3 mm; 5-toothed; calyx and corolla densely brown villous. Corolla white or yellowish; 4-5 mm; lobes lanceolate. Stamens ca. 2 x as long as corolla; staminal tube equaling corolla tube. Ovary stipitate; hairy. Legume twisted; 1-1.5 cm wide; margin constricted between seeds. Seeds 4-10; black; ellipsoidal or broadly ellipsoidal; ca. 1 cm; testa wrinkled when dry. Fl. Feb-Jun; fr. Apr-Aug.
Forests; 500-1800 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [tropical Asia].
This plant is important for the tannins contained in its bark.