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Classification & Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Caesalpinoideae
Palpilionoideae
 No. of genera/ species
Genera: 740
Species: 19,400
Tekda, D. (2021). Abiotic Stress and Legumes. Academic Press.
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Philippines:
Genera: 142
Species: 405
 FABACEAE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Native 289

Naturalized 85

Cultivated, not
30
naturalized

Possibly present 13

Incertae sedis 5

Need name 1

Excluded 1
 Possibly present in the Philippines
Adenanthera kostermansii I.C.Nielsen, Nordic J.
Cynometra dongnaiensis Pierre, Fl. Cochin.
Desmodium malacophyllum (Link) DC., Prodr.
Aeschynomene aspera L.
Endosamara racemosa (Roxb.) R.Geesink, Leiden
Flemingia stricta Roxb., Hort. Kew.
Flemingia procumbens Roxb., Hort. Beng.
Flemingia ferruginea Benth. & Hook.f., Gen.
Parkia sumatrana Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., Suppl. Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC.

Senegalia pluricapitata (Steud.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger

Sesbania speciosa Taub. ex Engl., Abh. Königl.
Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi, J.
 DESCRIPTION:

Trees, shrubs or herbs, sometimes climbing or

trailing, occasionally spiny.

Strongylodon juangonzalezii
Acacia confusa Merr. Crotalaria pallida Aiton Arachis hypogaea L. Hadsall,
Description cont’
Leaves alternate or sometimes opposite or
whorled, usually compound (variously bipinnate,
pinnate or palmate) or simple, sometimes reduced
to scales or modified into phyllodes; stipules
usually present and sometimes spinose, stipels
often present.

-Pulvinus
Strongylodon macrobotrys Abrus fruticulosus Wall Bauhinia acuminata Crudia blancoi Rolfe, J. Neptunia oleracea Lour. Pterocarpus indicus Willd

Description cont’
Inflorescences racemose or paniculate, sometimes umbellate or cymose or flowers
solitary; bracts and bracteoles commonly below flowers, often caducous. Flowers
actinomorphic or zygomorphic, usually bisexual, commonly 5-merous. Sepals
usually 5, free or more often variously fused into a toothed tube. Petals usually 5,
free or sometimes fused, equal or unequal. Stamens commonly 10 or sometimes
<10 or numerous, free (1 free ) or variously fused, sometimes reduced to
staminodes; anthers 2-locular, opening by longitudinal slits or rarely by pores;
uniform or dimorphic. Ovary superior; carpel solitary; ovules usually 2–many,
attached to the upper suture; style and stigma terminal.
Simpson, M. G. (2019). Diversity and classification of flowering plants: Eudicots. In Elsevier eBooks (pp. 285–466).
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Simpson, M. G. (2019). Diversity and classification of flowering plants: Eudicots. In Elsevier eBooks (pp. 285–466).
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 Description cont’

Fruit usually a pod (legume), mostly

dehiscent along both sutures or only along
upper suture or sometimes indehiscent or
rarely a lomentum [or drupaceous or nut-
like]; seeds 1 to many, often with a hard
impervious coat, aril often developed but
often inconspicuous.

Dario I. Ojeda Alayon 2017

Livestock is domestic Livestock is domestic
animals whose life is animals whose life is
 SUBFAMILY

Mimosoideae Caesalpinioideae Palpilionoideae

60,85k 68,90k
Livestock is domestic Livestock is domestic
animals whose life is animals whose life is
 Mimosoideae

Downie, S., Ruffatto, D., & Robertson, K. (2015). SYSTEMATICS OF PLANTS: FAMILY NOTES & LABORATORY EXERCISES. SPRING.
 Caesalpinioideae

Downie, S., Ruffatto, D., & Robertson, K. (2015). SYSTEMATICS OF PLANTS: FAMILY NOTES & LABORATORY EXERCISES. SPRING.
 Palpilionoideae

Downie, S., Ruffatto, D., & Robertson, K. (2015). SYSTEMATICS OF PLANTS: FAMILY NOTES & LABORATORY EXERCISES. SPRING.
 Mimosoideae

Charles G. (1984). Fruits and Seeds of G,enerain the

Subfamily Mimosoideae (Fabaceae).
 Caesalpinioideae
Fruit dry or fleshy, dehiscent or
rarely indehiscent, a septicidal
legume sometimes with
explosive dehiscence, or rarely a
camara or a drupe; the perianth
on the maturing fruit deciduous.
Disseminule macro-surface
featureless, winged, costate or
with spines; micro-surface
±smooth or reticulate, brown or
black, glossy or dull. Seeds 2–
numerous per fruit. Aril present
or absent. Cotyledons 2. Embryo
straight or curved.
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Palpilionoideae

Kirkbride K., Gunn, C., & Weitzman, D. (2003). Fruits and Seeds of Genera in
the Subfamily Faboideae (Fabaceae) (Vol. 1).
 SEED

Downie, S.,Ruffatto, D., & Robertson, K. (2015). SYSTEMATICS OF PLANTS: FAMILY NOTES & LABORATORY EXERCISES. SPRING.
K. Kirkbride, J., G. Gunn, C., & W. Weitzman, A. (2003). Fruits and Seeds of Genera in the Subfamily Faboideae (Fabaceae) (Vol. 1).
Fig 3: T.S. of root of F.strobilifera
:Representative photomicrographs
(´100) of transverse section
of root (A) showing cork (a), cork
cambium (b), secondary cortex (c),
pericycle (d),
secondary phloem (e), B showing
xylem (f) and medullary rays (g)

Fig.4 :T.S. of root of F.macrophylla

Representative photomicrographs
(´100) of transverse
section of root (A) showing cork (a),
cork cambium (b), secondary cortex
(c), pericycle (d),
secondary phloem (e), B showing
xylem (f) and medullary rays (g) .
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Hadsall AS, Alejado MDR, Larona AR, Lambio IAF (2016) Strongylodon juangonzalezii, a remarkable new species of
Strongylodon (Fabaceae) from Mulanay, Quezon Province, Philippines. PhytoKeys 73: 1-12.
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Last updated: 3 November 2023

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Tamasi, A., Shoge, M. O., Adegboyega, T. T., & Chukwuma, E. C. (2021). Phytochemical analysis and in-vitro antimicrobial
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