Mazhar Botanic Garden

Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth.

Petai Laut

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001024
Common name: Petai Laut
English name: Horse bush
Native: East Africa to tropical Asia
Country: Australia Kenya New Guinea Tanzania Tropical asia
(PGR): Rare

Shrub or small tree grow 2-6 m tall leaves compound, odd pinnate, lateral leaflets egg-shaped, obovate to elliptic flower white 13 mm long fruit pod, thick elongated, leathery, consist of 3-8 segments

It is a shrub or tree suitable for gardens, parks and roadsides for borders or screens. The plant is considered astringent. Young leaves cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
A decoction of the leaves is drunk locally as a general tonic is sometimes grown to stabilize sandy soils.
Mainly found along rivers and stream banks, on plains and lowlands, and in particular on beach fronts and frontal dunes. Wood can be used as posts, and small poles. wood used for fuel.

Desmodium umbellatum (L) DC

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Texture: Clay Medium loamy Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Coastal area
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.5
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub Tree
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Other
Plant Uses: Edible Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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