Derris



Climbing shrub in the inter-tidal river banks
Leaves elliptic oblong with acute tip
Fruit with thin coat and much flattened
Leaflets elliptic with acuminate tip
Number is 3 - 7
Fruit sub-orbicular thin margin
Derris trifoliata Lour


Straight or bending medium tree in mangrove cleared lands
Leaves broadly ovate, with acute tip
Fruit flattened but thick with blunt tip and hard woody coat.
Derris indica  (Lamk.) Bennet


Leaflets elliptic oblong or lanceolate, with acute tip
Fruit shuttle with both narrow end, one margin thicker than other
Derris scandens Benth