A woody vine native to the Neotropics, but planted more widely as forage and for nitrogen fixation. Photo is of a weed in Copalita Park, southwestern Mexico.
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.Spatholobus ferrugineus (Zoll. & Moritzi) Benth. Fabaceae. CN: [Malay - Akar kelerai, Getah batang]. Native of the Malesia bio-geographic region. Perennial climbing shrub and will become huge lianas scrambling any available adjacent trees.Ref and suggested reading:www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?genus=Spatholobus&species=fer...floraofsingapore.wordpress.com/page/13/
Pendang, Kedah, Malaysia.Tamarindus indica L. Fabaceae. CN: [Malay - Asam Jawa], Tamarind. A monotypic genus native to indigenous to tropical Africa, particularly in Sudan, where it continues to grow wild and now distributed and cultivated pan-tropically. and the sourish widely used in culinary, snacks and other delicacies.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarind