''Ormosia howii'', the Hainan ormosia, is a species of

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in the family Fabaceae native to southern China. It was initially found on Diaoluo Shan,

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in 1954 and then in

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in 1957, both times in extremely small populations. The species is now apparently extinct. It was a small tree, high, growing in open forests on mountain slopes.

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