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Senegalia megaladena is a spiny climber, shrub or small tree from tropical Asia, named for the large gland on its leaf stalks. It is grown mainly for local use, as a vegetable and fish poison, rather than as an ornamental.
Senegalia megaladena is a spiny climber, shrub or tree, native to Jawa, and from mainland Southeast Asia to China and India. It is eaten as a vegetable and used as a fish poison. It is named after its distinctive large gland on the petioles.
The species is found in Jawa and from Mainland Southeast Asia to Zhōngguó/China and India. Countries and regions where the plant grows as a native include: Indonesia (Jawa); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Zhōngguó/China (Hainan, Yunnan); Laos; Myanmar; India (including Andaman Islands, Assam); Bangladesh; East Himalaya; and Nepal.
In Cambodia the leaves are eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable, while the roots and bark are used to poison fish.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Senegalia megaladena by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
