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Cajanus scarabaeoides
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars, Dict. Sci. Nat. 6: 617. 1817; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 100. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 131. 1996; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 269. 2009.
Dolichos scarabaeoides L., Sp. Pl. 726. 1753.
Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 242. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 215. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 369(261). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 138. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 127. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17. 1996; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 92. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 163. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 136. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 94. 1995; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 191. 2002; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 204. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 157. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 199. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumuthira
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender twining herbs; stem brown tomentose. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets to 4 x 2.5 cm, obovate or elliptic, obtuse, basally 3-nerved, reticulations prominent, often with resinous dots below, exstipellate. Flowers racemose or paniculate, pale-yellow, 0.8 cm long in axillary pairs; bracts large, caducous; bracteoles absent. Calyx persistent, tomentose, lobes linear, 0.5 cm long, upper 2-lobes connate. Standard petal with two inflexed auricles at base; keel petals slightly incurved. Stamens 9+1; anthers uniform. Ovary tomentose, sessile, 3 or more ovuled; style filiform, inflexed; stigma small, terminal. Pods brown tomentose, 2-2.5 cm long, obliquely deeply grooved between seeds; seeds strophiolate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia; introduced in Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Mangaladevi, Padam, Baveli, Dhoni R. F., Aruvikkara, Alleppey town, Kanjirakadavu, Ettapadappu, Ariankavu, Kompa-Neyyar
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