Entada pursaetha subsp. sinohimalensis (Grierson & D.G. Long) S.A. O'Donnell & G.P. Lewis comb. nov.

≡ Entada pursaetha var. sinohimalensis (Grierson & D.G. Long) C. Chen & H. Sun, Fl. Yunnanica 10: 289. 2006.

= Entada laotica Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 99: 46. 1952.

Type.

NEPAL. Without locality, N. Wallich 5294a (holotype: K [K000756992]; isotypes: BM, E) .

Basionym.

Entada pursaetha subsp. sinohimalensis Grierson & D.G. Long, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 348. 1979.

Description.

Calyx puberulous to velutinous.

Distribution.

Nepal, northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, southwest China (Yunnan).

Habitat and ecology.

Wet forest, especially riparian, up to about 1300 m alt.