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BLUMEA
30
(1984)
77-87
The genus Mastersia
P.C. van
(Papilionaceae:
Welzen
&:
S. den
Rijksherbarium, Leiden,
Phaseoleae)
Hengst
The Netherlands
Summary
Characteristic
cles. Within
bakeri
this
(Koord.)
tion
Backer
of both
pattern
Mastersia
species
two
from
the indehiscent
are
the Phaseoleae
in
the
and
are found
in the
with
pods
M. assamica
recognized:
are
Celebes
Borneo,
characters
within
placed
is
only
distinctive
closely related;
Mastersia
for the genus
genus
Moluccas.
seeds with
Benth.
Both
species
bracteoles, wing petals,
the subtribe
elongated
funi-
from Assam and M.
are
keel
considered
petal
The
Glycininae-Glycinastrae.
and
pod.
distribu-
is discussed.
species
Introduction
The
genus Mastersia
(Bentham,
1965b)
as
first
was
its
described
by
based
only species,
on
Bentham
Griffith and Wallich. Bentham commemorated with this
of Dr.
T. Maxwell Masters.
material
as
Bentham did and
Baker's
ognized
assamica
Baker
(see
Koorders
thereby
described M.
creating
mistake and sunk the latter
note
under the
a
name
and
with M. assamica
collected in East India
new
genus
name.
by
the labours
name
cleistocarpa,
superfluous
using
Prain
the
same
(1897)
rec-
into the synonymy of M.
correctly
latter).
described Mucuna bakeri. Backer
(1898)
generic identity
(1876)
(1865a),
specimens
made the
(in Heyne,
1927)
combination in Mastersia. See also
corrected the
note
1
under M.
bakeri.
Harms
(1911)
(Borneo),
neensis
study
present
described
both
both
two
species
new
species:
M. sarasinorum
reduced
are
to
M. bakeri
MORPHOLOGICAL
Leaves
(Fig. la)
Stipulae
and
lose
hairs
the
nerves
to
are
usually
stipellae
—
are
The
leaves
are
present, but
more
(see
note
and M. bor-
caducous.
on
2 under this
the
and
The
upper
pinnately
leaflets
side.
are
Hairs
on
uniseriate, 3-celled (Lackey,
trifoliolate.
pilose,
on
permanent. Mature leaflets of M. assamica show
be earlier devoid of hairs
species).
NOTES
spirally arranged
early
during maturation, especially
are
(Celebes)
different from each other and from M. assamica. In the
slightly
a
but
veins and
tendency
the upper surface than leaflets of M. bakeri. The hairs
1978).
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78
For M. bakeri
small
glands.
nym)
as
Lackey
These
devoid of these
The
upper surface
No.
30,
also reports
(I.e.)
the
always present,
not
are
VOL.
-
of stalked and
presence
he
as
1984.
1,
does record M.
unstalked,
borneensis
(a
syno-
glands.
of the
leaflets lacks
Paraveinal
stomata.
mesophyll
be
may
present (Lackey, I.e.).
Inflorescence
a
with
raceme
both
sides of the base
covering
at
—
In both
the base; in M. bakeri
Calyx
most
The
—
The
species
petals
for
sepals
is
the
—
only
bracteoles
opposite
they
are, at
completely
are
Keel
claw.
more
the
At
present,
are
present just
are
below
vexillary side, overlapping
only touching
connate
calyx
the base.
at
and the
calyx is,
are
The standard lacks auricles and possesses
only
that in M.
short-clawed,
The
—
This
distinct
petals
a
there-
present in al-
two
small, basal
bakeri is
1981),
usually
about
petals
gradual.
upper
after Stirton,
third of all genera show
Both
—
In M. assamica
a
petals
are
claw
An upper auricle is present.
margin
in M.
bakeri,
a
to
are
a
a
de-
to
sculp-
sculpturing (Stirton, I.e.).
pocket
more
pos-
vertical
Phaseoleae
from just below the
apex
The lateral
sculp-
The lamellae are
and in
exposed
a
landing
usually only slightly
(M. bakeri).
kind of
as
lamellate
legumes usually only
blade is rather
but in M. assamica
a
have
In M. bakeri
one.
pocket
1981). Within the
partly united,
the transition from
as
in Mastersia is
of the Moluccas
specimens
short-clawed and
Mastersia also has
exceptional,
sculpturing
position (terminology
not rare,
are
distinct lower
Besides the lateral
developed.
is somewhat
The
in
wing
in M. assamica also
slightly
structures.
only
reclined
turing is
the
Remnants of the
central
of the blade, they
present in the upper
part
slightly
matures.
be striated. The bracteoles
to
appear
they
elongated.
pollinators (Stirton,
pocket.
of these
and
veloped
is
(Fig. le&g)
insect
above
one
two
veins
standard in M. assamica is
lower auricle
turing
brachyblasts
one
caducous bracts
early
somewhat smaller and
are
dorsal
upper auricle and
platform
usually only
very short-clawed.
Wing
distinct
sess
they
two
petal
Standard
callosities.
or
pseudoraceme:
fruits.
ripe
sessile
a
These
brachyblasts.
of which
flowers,
numerous
4-lobed. The ventral lobe
fore,
the
three
in fruit. In M. assamica
persistent
are
The inflorescence consists of
—
contracted into
of the inflorescence small,
Because of the
calyx.
often
bear
b)
are
dormant bud.
a
Bracteoles
the
la &
which
and
cushion-shaped
are
(Fig.
fascicles
is
often
to
the
in M. bakeri
sharp,
always present
near
in the middle of the
blade.
Stamens
are
for
more
nately longer
—
than
The
vexillary
and shorter
(with
reflection of the standard all
usually persistent
filament is
half of their length
at
are
the
vexillary
of the
the base of the
completely
connate.
pod.
same
free
from the other 9, which
In young stages the
one
being shorter),
length.
stamens
but
at
Remnants of the
are
alter-
the time of
filaments are
P. C. van Welzen &
Fruit
lc &
(Fig.
f)
The fruit
—
and thin. Mastersia assamica has
M. bakeri
has
wings
regular, usually
be black,
dish
both
on
one-
S. den
with
The
but field observations indicate
yellow
Seeds
In
(Fig. Id)
is
and
hang vertically
The seeds
—
in the
unique
few seeds show
the horizontal pod.
in
a
pod
partly
in
(1865a)
connate
Taubert
with the
to
(with
which
Shuteria,
funicle
well-developed embryo; only
a
young
seeds in
fig.
lc &
f).
Galactiinae of the Phaseoleae.
in the Galactiinae
The
(both Diocleinae).
vexillary
somewhat
large,
pod,
winged
(1964)
too.
Harms
stamen, which
(1911) supported
because of the
Pueraria,
and
staminal
heavy
the Pueraria- like lower
followed Bentham, but raised the Galac-
basically
not
study.
traditional six
the
style.
or
Mastersia
in the
this
(the
character is
made
a
Baudet
belongs
to
sensu
subjective).
long
Cajaninae
Mastersia
the
are
more
con-
have
Glycininae
usually
in-
pos-
Bentham also have
no-
allies Mastersia
Lackey
funicles.
different classification of the Phaseoleae, also based
groups
his
are
based
on
differences in
development
Glycininae-Glycinastrae (the Glycininae
Diocleinae, Glycininae s.s.,Erythryninae,Ophrestiinae,and
Glycininae
vision and
Lackey's
subdivided the tribe into three subtribes, instead of
His
seven.
In
while the Diocleinae
Galactiinae
rather
leaf anatomy and
Glycininae.
Bentham. The
sensu
only slightly nodose,
or
inflorescences
so
chromosomes,
maintained Bentham's
question mark, however)
(1977, 1978)
the former
of the
investigation
because of the reniform seeds with
elaborate
primitive
group
with
a
simple
style,
not
of
contain
Kennediinae).
bipartite
as
in
and the Phaseolinae.
is
a
Bentham, 1865a).
cininae
within the
elongated
POSITION
include all Galactiinae
nodose
the
the
Mastersia
the Phaseoleae,
a
are
inflorescences,
Baudet
The
placement
much
staminal tube in the Diocleinae and free in the Galactiinae
after
of all
Glycininae
prominent
an
a
from the Galactiinae in the
Hutchinson
(1977a &b),
florescences,
on
the
wing petal.
Mastersia
the
with
green
to
red-
to
tribal rank.
Lackey
dose
to
Dioclea and Pueraria
allied Mastersia with
disk,
chemotaxonomy
sess
to
be related
system)
(1894) placed
auricle of the
cept
to
still
Mastersia in his subtribe
placed
his
(in
view and
tube, the large
placed
light
appears
Mastersia).
Bentham's
tiinae
lacking
developed embryo (the larger,
considered Mastersia
Diocleinae differ
is
pod always
of seeds face each other with
Usually pairs
abortive,
are
attached
are
SYSTEMATIC
(free
the
small and reniform. Their
are
the seeds
Phaseoleae,
their funicle. Most seeds per
Bentham
state
edge only,
up into ir-
breaking
in colour from
flat
breadth,
the upper
wing along
dried
a
and
length
is indehiscent and
change
a
its
to
79
black.
to
pod
He
genus Mastersia
a narrow
pod
two-seeded parts.
or
The
is, in proportion
pods
edges.
Hengst:
distinct
Its
(in Lackey's
genus, because
placement
concept),
flower of Mastersia. The
was
because of
flowers lack
of its
pod
traditionally
the,
and
within the
appendages
seed
connection
within the Galactiinae
on
the
Phaseoleae,
standard,
rather
the
(see
or
the
also
Gly-
primitive
wing petals
do
80
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enclose
not
does the
the
style
keel
sitions
among the
of the
Glycininae,
is
style
No.
30,
much
not
beard. The leaflets
not
are
the traditional concept is
not
1984
1,
elongated
to
seems
be
Phaseolinae,
glandular
with
in
as
the
nor
Cajani-
because of
tran-
enlarged concept
an
with Mastersia
appropriate classification,
most
the
in
as
dotted
fully satisfactory,
subtribes. Therefore Baudet's solution,
in the
being placed
a
possess
Unfortunately,
nae.
the
petals,
VOL.
-
Glycinastrae.
GEOGRAPHY
The
shows
genus Mastersia
is found in Assam
Makassar Strait
deep
&
Clayton
placed
(50%
species (their
figures
7
attention
less
or
similar
due
to
is
occurred
Mastersia
deep.
the
via
the
during
that
glacial
Ma)
Mastersia
cally
area
sides
migrate
not
between
glacial periods.
also affect the
embryos).
A
(1981)
to
Naga-Khasia
Southeast Asiabut
also be
can
distribution
fit
treatment
Styracaceae
Van Steenis
Erroneously,
from which M.
a
8 Ma
20
Sunda
line of islands
Shelf
Ma)
another
during
dry.
The
easily explained,
at
and/or
the
in-
this is
presence
as
of
this strait
already
'since
southern end, where
even
extensive
land
may
table 4.1 also shows
The present
East
to
Late Pliocene
Celebes and
(+
distribution suggests
due
only
pods
Raven & Polhill (1981) noted the
to
the
wetter
affect the
with
only few
relatively
poor
12—3
Australia, enabling
the Moluccas. The latter region is,
Borneo, perhaps
not
of Makassar Strait
possible crossing
the Late Miocene
to
has
also
Borneo could have
to
was
onwards).' Audley-Charles'
established between
pollinators (Mastersia
drew
a more
migrate from Borneo into southeast Celebes
to
climate does
with
absent;
indicates that Makassar Strait existed
region,
(1932)
(1932)
bakeri is
origin. Dispersal
its
the
further eastwards
and
Van Steenis
of the
for
(1979)
widespread plants
in any pattern, the best
easily
(80—40 Ma), except perhaps
(from
Van Steenis
by
Bogor herbarium.
when
and animals
was
wetter
not
of the Makassar Strait is less
well-known.
Assam
Compared
sub-kingdom
species (fig. 18).
Laurasian in
also shows that
chain
found
pattern
a
M. bakeri.
the Mid-Miocene (+
to
seen,
as
periods
shoals
landplants
island
a
6),
his group of Indo-Malesian
distribution range,
Cretaceous
existed. Table 4.1
an
the
the late Pliocene
during
to
distribution in his
presumably
Doandoany
have allowed
with
misidentifications in the
or
Deccan-Malesian
a
Wallacea-ranging
a
Audley-Charles
Eocene
one
species:
both sides of the
of Indian grasses.
chorology
a
Mastersia bakeri itself does
in
both
on
on
the 25% isochore of their map
belongs
distribution
during
vicariant
The genus Mastersia itself shows
to
with
plants
peculiar
Jaya
Mastersia
perhaps
8).
two
of Indonesia
2).
that of
this
to
cluded Irian
is
of
Mastersia
&
is
description
12a).
map
distribution agrees
plants.
area
M. assamica fits into the group of
they found,
(belonging
group
latter
Malesian
(his
the
isochore of map
The
small
a
(Borneo/Celebes, Moluccas).
Malesian distribution
in
with
disjunct distribution,
Panigrahi (1975) published
the distribution patterns
endemic
a
the other in
(India),
an
geologi-
extinction in
climate
during
plants themselves,
seeds with
the
interit may
well-developed
representation
of legumes
P. C.
in
Asia
tropical
to
data exist
compared
to
The distribution of M.
& S. den
as
a
Unfortunately,
81
palaeontological
no
note
introduction in Java, where the
enlarged by
plant
cover
See also the
f., 1964).
Mastersia
genus
suppositions.
bakeri has been
is used
The
Hengst:
Africa and America.
support the above
plant occasionally
den Brink
Welzen
van
or
as
fertilizer
a
under the
on uses
& Bakhuizen
(Backer
of the
description
van
species.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We
Leiden,
marks
of
this
for
he
to
indebted
greatly
are
butions to
and
hospitality
made
Rob
We
publication.
Geesink,
thankful
are
facilities
during the reading
Wessendorp prepared
offered.
of the
A, BM, C, CAL, K, L, SAN, SING,
and Mr. J.
Leiden,
for
Prof.
Dr.
guidance, critics, editing
US,
who
the excellent
personal
C. Kalkman
manuscript. We
and
his
also to the staff and
would
kindly
like
of the
is thanked
to
sent material
for the
loan.
critical
re-
the directors
acknowledge
on
and contri-
Rijksherbarium,
Mr. C.
van
Laeren
drawing.
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M. assamica
Benth.
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to
Herbaceous
somewhat
ribbed.
arranged,
pinnately
leaving
convex
a
than
longer
creeping
trifoliolate.
revolute
to
ultrajugal parts.
times rhomboid
Stipulae
Stipellae
to
times
cuspidate;
lateral leaflets
and veins,
nerves
tinct
the
midrib,
parallel
and
calyx, overlapping
cent, apex
flowers
leaflet,
of which
apex. Corolla
Standard
glabrous.
usually
very
longer
veins
1
2
or
indis-
either side of
slightly perpendicular
rowly elliptic,
turing slightly
slightly
equal
lower auricle
distinct,
beneath the apex
ent; lateral
Vexillary
when
in fruit. Flowers
Bracts
to
the
papilionate. Calyx
upper
lobe
cam-
anthers
longitudinal
short
lobes. Ovary
ovary
to
circular
to
keeled
developed;
to
claw; the latter short
to
in middle of
not
petal
appendaged;
Disk
pubescent,
stigma,
annular,
laterally
lateral
or
oblong,
at
pocket present; sculp-
partly
the upper
dorsifixed,
consisting
connate
introrsely
free
to
from
to
just
upper auricle pres-
margin
alternately
of 10
compressed;
nar-
lamellate, vertically
relatively long;
filaments
at
short; base
keel; claw short; upper auricle
upper central part,
in
uniform, ellipsoid,
slits.
near
distinctly
in-
glabrous
slightly
ovate, claw absent
broadly
elliptic
pocket present
free,
to
developed
at
the
to
below the
2, just
cup, sericeous outside,
shorter than the
Keel blade
exposed.
filament
young;
lateral
slightly
distinctly
to
reclined,
slightly
or
the
to
often caducous bracts
auricled; basal callosities distinct; margin entire; apex rounded. Wing blade
to
the
acroscopic
nervature
on
often caducous.
elongated, keeled,
elliptic
some-
broadly obovate, striately nerved, pubes-
than
to
some-
acute to
apical leaflet;
alternately
small,
some-
for sometimes the
hairs, except
nerves
much
to
than the
caducous. Bracteoles
triangular,
lower lobe
rounded
usually
being larger
with 2
terminal,
touching dorsally,
fruit;
in
pulvinate. Leaflets
glands occasionally present;
lower surface,
4-lobed, lobes imbricate,
infrajugal parts
retuse to
devoid of
usually
broadly rounded, (sub)persistent
side, persistent
not
or
side
basiscopic
of the
and
3-flowered,
the
to
base
axillary
Brachyblasts
brachyblasts
panulate,
the
on
acute to
to
spirally
the apex, caducous,
at
base,
somewhat smaller than the
unstalked
distinct
to
Pseudoracemes
base.
leaves
mature
stalked and
upper surface,
on
nerves.
the
with the
usually asymmetric
side; upper surface of
usually
lobed
at
rarely
apex
Stem round
plants.
when young. Leaves
Petiolules
ovate; base
slightly emarginate; margin entire;
to
pulvinate
triangular.
times
former
climbing
or
triangular
Rachis
scar.
usually elliptic
to
twining
or
parts all short-pubescent
Vegetative
near
the auricle.
shorter and
opening
longer
with
two
somewhat adnate
style laterally compressed
curving upwards; stigma capitate; ovules
c.
near
20. Pod
P. C. van Welzen
&
pergamentaceous, linear-oblong,
both
side
or
on
the dorsal
sometimes with
length
form,
of the
only;
with
83
longitudinal wing
a
whitish
pair-wise
with
brown,
fleshy layers,
outer
each
facing
seeds
most
on
in-
brown,
longitudinally arranged, perpendicular
blackish
two
Mastersia
brown; endocarp
with the funicles
flattened,
seeds with
genus
in dehiscent,
dark
exocarp
usually
laterally
full-grown embryos;
The
Hengst:
flat,
very
soft tissue. Seeds
seeds
pod,
smooth,
edge
S. den
the
to
reni-
other,
bearing
not
dark brown, inner brownish
white; funicle elongated; rim aril brownish white; hilum small, round; micropyle in
raised radicular lobe.
slightly
Embryo
Distribution. Two
Found in
Moluccas.
places,
on waste
(1981)
on
Mastersia
reported
wet to
dry ground.
nodulate
to
its
in
roots.
under M. bakeri.
on uses
metabolites.
Secondary
forest
secondary
Nodulation. Allen & Allen
note
in Assam, the other in Malesia: North Borneo,
one
species,
Celebes,
Central and North
See also the
a
radicle folded towards the micro-
long
a
minute.
pyle; plumule
Ecology.
with
Lackey
(1977b,
see
under
records
References)
cana-
vanine for the seeds.
KEY
la.
Bracteoles
at
the
in
usually
broad
b.
side
vexillary
lower auricle. Keel with
a
Bracteoles
the upper
on
at
the
sharp
side
always
to
the
on
upper edge.
M. assamica
417.
Trans.
Linn.
Baker
Hills
near
and
s.n.
each side
racemes
by
edge.
Assam
a
1—3
blade; pocket
Pod with
pubescent.
Flower up
mm;
dard blade
a
1—2
mm
1. M. assamica
at
the base.
transition
mm
broad
Wing
blade with
from claw
wing
on
both
an
in-
blade; pocket
to
edges.
Borneo
cm
(1865) 300,
long;
to
18
5—17.5
ovate,
2
J. As.
Soc.
(1876) 195,
s.n.
Beng. 66,
nom.
(K, L),
superfl.
E.
India,
ii
(1897)
—
Syn-
Mishmee
Rachis, infrajugal part 6.5 —12( — 18)
long. Stipellae (2—)5—8 by
by
3.5—12.5 cm;
only pubescent
caducous.
already
long. Calyx
by
11—18
by
on
Brachyblasts
with
3—5
acumen
the
0.5—1.2
6—9 mm;
a
mm;
10—13
at
4—5
1.5—4
mm
base, (3.5—)5—7
mm
long
mm.
cm
Petio-
nerves
6—12
lower surface. Pseudo-
caducous. Pedicel 5.5—11
dorsally overlapping
lateral lobes 7—9
34; Prain,
(K), 1824; Wallich
convex.
cm
the flowers
mm
t.
India
Assam. See note.
scar
bracts
Br.
Fl.
522
Royle 515,
Upper
Bracteoles
broadly
25
midrib; usually
and
to
1f & g.
Hook.f.,
1.2—3(—5.5)
of the
15—68
4—5.5
in
long. Leaflets
brachyblasts
mm.
Hb.
Fig.
Soc.
in
caducous,
long; ultrajugal part
mm
in
Choonpara
Stipules already
lules 4—6
—
cleistocarpa
Benth.,
M.
—
Griffith
sely
Pod with
blade with distinct
2. M. bakeri
types:
the
the upper
gradual
a
Wing
Moluccas
1. Mastersia assamica Benth.
on
at
only touching
distinct lower auricle. Keel with
the base.
at
transition between claw and
sometimes
edge only.
vexillary
THE SPECIES
overlapping
rather
middle of blade,
wing
TO
long.
mm
Bracts
long,
to
spar-
by (2.8—)3—4
cup; ventral lobe 9—12
dorsal lobe 7—10
by
mm; claw
1—2
short,
6.5—8
mm
mm.
long.
Stan-
Wing
BLUMEA
84
Fig.
1. Mastersia
arrangement
26681,
e
bakeri
of young
Kanders
wing petal,
x
2½
(f,
(Koord.)
seeds,
272).
-
g Tessier
X ½;
Backer,
d.
a.
VOL.
30,
No.
Habit, x½;
seed, X2½;
M. assamica
204).
-
Benth.
e.
1,
b.
1984
young
inflorescence, X1;
wing petal, X 2½ (a,
f. Pod with
c,
d de
arrangement
of
c.
pod
Vogel 5639,
young
seeds,
with
b SAN
x
½;
g.
P. C.
blade 9—16
3—4
by
5—7
by
The
Hengst:
Mastersia
genus
claw 4.5—5
mm;
beneath the upper
sharp; lateral pocket usually present
10.5—13.5
long. Ovary
mm
Pod 6—13.5
1.8—2.9 cm;
by
longitudinal wing
Seeds 6—20, all dissected seeds without
Field
Flowers
notes.
pink
on
in middle
Disk lobes 0.7—
long, curving upwards.
mm
upper
margin
long.
mm
edge
1—2
only,
mm
broad.
well-developed embryo.
a
red.
deep
to
4.5—5
long; style
mm
indis-
sculpturing
transition between claw and
long;
mm
of blade. Staminal tube and free part of filaments 12—15
1.5
85
claw 1—3.5 mm; lower auricle distinct;
mm;
tinct. Keel blade 6—11
blade rather
Welzen & S. den
van
Young pods
green.
Distribution. India: Assam.
Plant
Ecology.
drought.
presumably
description
generic
the
in
growing
not
Bentham's
seen
Genera
Plantarum 1
generic name). Also because Bentham had
he described
2. Mastersia bakeri
M.
bakeri
(Koord.)
Blumea
Minah.
5
Backer
(Koord.)
Backer in
194;
(1942)
Heyne,
Backer
&
17702
an
with
area
a
yearly
(L);
s
y
Nutt. PI.
Ned.
Bakh.
Fl.
t
n
f.,
e
Ind. 2nd
Java
1
ed.,
(1964)
16;
Koorders
:
the
of the
use
Baker
material,
only
same
thought
superfluous epithet cleistocarpa.
(1922) pi.
2
y p
of M. assamica,
description
(proved by
1a-e.
Fig.
-
Cel.
(1898) 439, 630; Suppl.
type: Koorders
in
annotated his
not
when he created the
species
a new
moist soil
on
Altitude 80—1250 m.
not rare.
Baker has
Note.
the
in trees;
climbing
Occurrence
2
Mucuna
-
3
Cel.
Suppl.
17705
Holthuis
(1927) 828;
631.
&
bakeri
(1922)
9.
-
(L), Celebes, Minahassa,
Lam,
Koord.,
LectoMenado.
See note 1.
M.
borneensis
(1921)
2211
M.
Harms in
Kema.
Harms
15( —18)
3.5-6
nerves
6—14
lower
surface,
Southeast
1.5-4
by
on
each side
stalked
long;
2
c.
1
by
20
broadly
up
12—18
J.
Str. Br.
Elm. Born.
369.
As.
Roy.
109.
(1929)
Type:
-
Sarasin
No.
Soc., Spec.
Type:
-
Winkler
250
(B lost), Celebes,
by
c.
long. Wing
6
blade
slightly
mm
curved
Disk
upwards
by
c.
mm.
1.5
a
3—5
mm
long
dorsal lobe 7—14
by 6—9(—11)
sculpturing
mm
long;
upper
after
mm
sometimes
0.7—2
3—7
acumen
upper and
on
mm
0.8
at
a
long;
Pseudoracemes 6-
base, 1.5—5 by 1—3
mm;
c.
ventral lobe 7—14
5
mm.
Standard
claw absent
mm;
indistinct
to
mm
Pedicel 1.5—5
mm.
cup,
by
8—
mm.
especially
to
claw
mm
mm.
by
c.
elliptic
occasionally
1.5—2.5
mm
distinct. Keel blade
transition between claw and blade
margin.
lobes 0.5—2
by
Brachyblasts 0.5—3(—6)
8—14(—16) by 2.5—3.5(—4)
the
2.5—6
present.
by
dorsally touching
developed;
at
pubescent
1.2
the flowers
mm;
claw 2.5—3.5
long.
4.5
with
8—14(—17)
pocket present
12—16
long,
mm;
to
c.
Rachis, infrajugal part
3.5—14 cm;
by
glands occasionally
Bracteoles
4
revolute.
long. Stipellae
midrib; usually
Bracts
c.
to
cm
4.5—15.5
cuspidate,
by
convex
1.5—3.8
long. Calyx
ovate; blade
mm
lateral
ments
mm
mm
lower auricle
long;
ual;
to
lateral lobes 6—1
1
(1911)
mm, scar
of the
mm.
pubescent.
to
9
and unstalked
Flowers up
to
PI.
Borneo, Hayoep.
long. Leaflets
mm
bracts ovate,
bracts
mm;
(1911) 369; Merr.,
(1928) 524;
Fedde, Rep.
long, sparsely
4
3
long; ultrajugal part
cm
Petiolules 6—8
long;
in
9
Rep.
J.
See note 2.
Stipules
cm
Mus.
(B lost, L, SING),
sarasinorum
30
Fedde,
Sarawak
310;
grad-
Staminal tube and free
of filapart
long. Ovary
slight
c.
10
mm
long; style
downward bend. Pod 5—13
c.
6
by
BLUMEA
86
2—3
2.5
with
cm,
ventral
wing
mm;
radicle
Field
7.5—18.5
green when
from
varying
green
young
via
1.5
broad,
mm
5.5
c.
by
5—12.5
Inner
cm.
on
and
yellow
and
the inside
near
reddish
pink
dark
to
pale
bark
lower side.
on
Calyx
mature.
red, crimson
its base. Smell faint. Fruits
black. Seeds dark,
yellow turning
In
Ecology.
and
primary
to
being present
to
forest
secondary
hillsides;
type recorded: yellow, clayish
plants
Celebes,
Moluccas.
Occasionally
(see uses).
spots; from flat grounds
m
—
long; embryo
crimson and reddish brown when
young via
green-yellow
girth
Distribution. North Borneo, Central and North
cultivated in Java
900
1
wing
mm
brown.
greyish
some
5
c.
upper side, light green
dark
to
green when
long,
m
on
when mature; standard with green spot
green when young,
dorsal
edges,
long.
glossy
to
dark
from
Corolla
mm
Climber,
notes.
green. Leaves
varying
2
1984
1,
broad. Seeds 5-20, funicle
mm
c.
No.
30,
both
wings along
longitudinal
2—3
VOL.
-
sand
on
on
to
dry places.
hill of volcanic tuff. Occurrence
in groups
to
being
in open
grounds, especially
waste
(like riverbanks)
wet
on
One soil
from
varying
found from sealevel up
common;
to
altitude.
Vernacular
Moluccas:
N. Celebes
names.
abele
(Morotai I.),
rarau
(Sulawesi utara): lambuow, tatamulak, tontagis.
Halmahera:
(N.
Gal.),
wolewon
Halmahera:
(S.
Weda).
Uses.
which
used
According
prevents
as
as
it nodulates
as
coverplant
a
establishment of
Pollen. I.K.
&
Ferguson
J.J. Skvarla
Papilionoideae
(Leguminosae).
systematics 2,
1981, 886,
'less
specialised'; they
are
lumina. Endexine is much
with the
grains
Notes.
Koorders,
of Pueraria
l.The
1922)
manuscript.
oldest,
was
Koorders
'
the
too
11:
888, pi.
narrower
Koorders, merely
Then the
Backer
first
(the
valid
first
make
to
as
it
a
is
sons.
Firstly,
has
the
been
plant
can
because of its climb-
of the
Advances
subfamily
in
legume
that the grains of M. bakeri
reticulate with
layer
be
recom-
f., 1964).
morphology
of the
reprint
this
granules
much broader in
are
in the
comparison
is bakeri.
species
the
new
even
combination, but in
(Kds.) Back.).'
smaUer.
consequently
not
of
a
very
16
authors
accepted
(Art.
Heyne
(1922)
a
plate
most
not
was
valid
combination is in
of the first edition
Under
Although
the combination
new
(see
Backer
combination within Mastersia in
bakeri
printed
synonym, and
pubUcation
the aid of
name
new
(= Mastersia
34
by
ICBN).
(1927)
Heyne's
by
book
Backer).
2. The type of
M. sarasinorum Harms
rial. The
the
obvious that
introduction of the
acknowledges
for
legitimate epithet
Mucuna bakeri Kds.
cited
The
phaseoloides.
(1922), however, published
(1922),
Bakh.
good coverplant,
a
much Utter. It is
plantations
pollen
and the foot
combination within Mastersia is
Koorders
(The
&
subprolate, margocolporate,
the
to
tea
(Backer
G, H) report
way:
refer
in
produces
as
grasses.
R.M.Polhill & P.H. Raven,
In:
pecuUar
new
alang-alang
and
easily
plantations, except
in
habit. It is sometimes used in Java
ing
in N. Celebes
Heyne (1927) appreciated
to
dominating
fertilizer too,
a
mended
the
placed
was
not
studied,
because of loss of the
into the synonymy of M. bakeri because of
differences Harms
(1911)
has described among M.
mate-
two
rea-
sarasinorum and
P. C.
the other
most
important
calyx
with
Welzen
differences
shorter
&
S. den
The
Hengst:
cup
that
are
and with
relatively
The
plants
tinct
doubt that
only
of the Moluccas show often
(but
leaving
sculpturing
bends
a
islands.
The
little downwards before
plants
A
2057:
Brooke
2
1824:
U.
2390:
1
de
-
-
2
2;
SF 6705:
2362:
2.
2
Haan
1
-
van
-
2
Tessier
-
Kaudern
-
3500:
2;
2
2 -
3580:
2
2
1
-
Prain
70610:
204:
2;
1
-
21794:
3247:
272:
2
71053:
de
show
blades with
a
dis-
in the other
which sometimes
style,
a
is present.
species
1
-
-
-
2;
Vogel
STUDIED
=
-
-
M.
1905:
Beguin
Clarke
2
8916:
-
Monod
Idjan
79130:
3816:
2;
-
&
2
-
2;
5179:
79789:
5639:
2
-
=
M. bakeri
2108:
-
3439:
2;
2
222:
17702:
2;
-
2
Clemens
2;
71:25414:
79833:
2
2
1;
-
2;
Winkler 216:
2
21186:
1;
2;
2211:
-
1
-
1;
-
Kostermans
10787:
81018:
2
694:
48913:
Ooststroom
Ras
2;
-
1
21294:
2;
522:
Joseph
17705:
van
16347:
Elmer
-
-
Bor
10070:
Griffith 515:
Mochtar
17698:
2;
1
Curran
de Froideville
Purseglove
2;
40752:
27321:
2
2
assamica;
Geesink
Koorders
-
306: 2
204:
2;
2
246:
Hulstijn
Lewis
1
Burut 3096:
Eyma
-
1807:
21605:
-
different from
only slightly developed
of Celebes
included.
Balgooy
2
hexandra);
4958:
57052:
2
2
BS 425:
-
Dioclea
2;
Lam
-
Panigrahi
26681:
3218:
4225:
Kanjilal
21300:
2
with
(mixed
Endert
2;
10148:
variable
a
later
curving upwards.
not been
collections have
Secondly,
slightly
very
exclusively) wing
not
COLLECTIONS
Unnumbered
only
minimal. The
are
smaller bracteoles and
ventral lobe.
slightly
one
the upper auricle, which is
near
of other
specimens
no
bakeri)
M.
has
longer
collected material from Celebes and the Moluccas is
that of Borneo,
=
M. sarasinorum
a
87
genus Mastersia
assamica and M. borneensis
species (M.
two
a
van
12698:
1
-
83919:
2
-
SAN
2
-
Yoshida