Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Dumasia glaucescens Miq. |
| synonym | Dumasia pubescens DC. |
🗒 Common Names
| Malayalam |
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📚 Overview
Description
Twining herbs; stem retrorsely hispid. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets to 7 x 5 cm, rhomboid, acute or obtuse, adpressed-hairy, stipellate; petiole to 7 cm long; stipule 7 mm long, lanceolate. Racemes axillary, to 5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles subulate. Flowers many, yellow; calyx 12 mm long, tubular, black, glabrous; corolla yellow; standard erect, 20 mm long, obovate, clawed; wings 15 mm long, obovate, long-clawed; keel brown at apex; stamens 9+1; anthers uniform; ovary villous, many-ovuled. Pods 4 x 0.6 cm, oblong, sub-terete, acute, stalked, glabrous; seeds 3-5, 3 x 2 mm, black.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Climber
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 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Evergreen Forests
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 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Plains and hilly areas
Margins of evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha; Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Tropical Africa, Myanmar, Pakistan
Indian Distribution
Assam
Maharashtra: Satara
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai
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 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia, China and Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
- Dumasia villosa DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Pairs) 4: 96. 1825 & Prodr. 2: 241. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 183. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 351(247). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 150. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 81. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 142. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 160. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 167. 1992; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 107. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,36. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 142. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 51. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 105. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 94. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 178. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 289. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
- Dumasia villosa DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Pairs) 4: 96. 1825 & Prodr. 2: 241. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 183. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 351(247). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 150. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 81. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 142. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 160. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 167. 1992; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 107. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,36. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 142. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 51. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 105. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 94. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 178. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 289. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Dumasia |
| Species | Dumasia villosa DC. |
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