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Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.)Thouars

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAtylosia pauciflora (Wight & Arn.)Druce
synonymAtylosia scarabaeoides (L.)Benth.
synonymCantharospermum pauciflorum Wight & Arn.
synonymCantharospermum scarabaeoides (L.)Baill.
synonymCantharospermum scarabaeoideum (L.)Baill.
synonymDolichos medicagineus Roxb.
synonymDolichos minutus Wight & Arn.
synonymDolichos scarabaeoides L.
synonymRhynchosia biflora DC.
synonymRhynchosia scarabaeoides (L.)DC.
synonymStizolobium scarabaeoides (L.)Spreng.
🗒 Common Names
Malayalam
  • Kattumuthira
Other
  • Kattumuthira
  • Peanut Grass
  • Showy Pigeonpea
  • Tropical Clover
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: Shrub
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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        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.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: September-January
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat

              Habitat

              Terrestrial
              Terrestrial
              Open areas, forest edges
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra

                  Indian Distribution

                  Assam

                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Global Distribution

                    Tropical Asia; introduced in Africa

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts
                      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                        📚 Occurrence
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                        📚 Uses and Management
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                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984,Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                        1. Dolichos scarabaeoides L., Sp. Pl. 726. 1753.
                        2. 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.
                        3. 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.
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984,Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                        2. Dolichos scarabaeoides L., Sp. Pl. 726. 1753.
                        3. 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.
                        4. 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.

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                        OrderFabales
                        FamilyFabaceae
                        GenusCajanus
                        SpeciesCajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars
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