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Hainan Ormosia

Ormosia howii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Ormosia
Species: O. howii
Binomial name
Ormosia howii
Merr. & Chen

Ormosia howii, the Hainan ormosia, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family native to southern China. It was initially found on Diaoluo Shan, Hainan Island in 1954 and then in Yangchun, Guangdong in 1957, both times in extremely small populations. The species is now apparently extinct. It was a small tree, 10 metres (33 ft) high, growing in open forests on mountain slopes.



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