Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fabaceae | Archidendron
1. Archidendron lucidum (Bentham) I. C. Nielsen; Adansonia; n.s. 19: 19. 1979.
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Pithecellobium lucidum Bentham; London J. Bot. 3: 207. 1844; Abarema lucida (Bentham) Kostermans.
Trees; 2-10 m tall; unarmed. Branchlets terete. Branchlet; petiole; and inflorescence shortly brown tomentose. Pinnae 1 or 2 pairs; leaf rachis and base of petiole with round; sunken glands; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs in lower pinnae; 4 or 5 pairs in upper pinnae; adaxially shiny and deep green; obliquely ovate or oblong; 5-9(-11) x 2-4.5 cm; apical ones larger; opposite; proximal ones alternate and smaller; both surfaces glabrous or puberulent on veins; base oblique; apex acuminate; mucronate. Heads globose; 10-20-flowered; arranged in panicles; peduncles to 1.5 cm. Flowers sessile. Calyx less than 2 mm; calyx and corolla shortly brown tomentose. Corolla white; 4-5 mm; lobes connate at middle. Staminal tube slightly shorter than corolla tube. Ovary shortly stipitate; glabrous. Legume twisted into a circle; 2-3 cm wide; margin between seeds constricted. Seeds black; ca. 1.5 x 1 cm. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Jul-Dec.
Thin forests; 100-1400 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam].