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Archidendron clypearia (Jack)I.C.Nielsen

Accepted
Glands
Glands
Leaflet lower side
Leaflet lower side
Flowers
Flowers
Leaflet lower side
Leaflet lower side
flowers
flowers
Shoot apex
Shoot apex
Leaflet upper side
Leaflet upper side
Young fruits
Young fruits
Angular branchlets
Angular branchlets
Inflorescence insertion
Inflorescence insertion
Glands
Leaflet lower side
Flowers
Leaflet lower side
flowers
Shoot apex
Leaflet upper side
Young fruits
Angular branchlets
Inflorescence insertion
🗒 Synonyms
synonymAbarema angulata (Benth.)Kosterm.
synonymAbarema clypearia (Jack)Kosterm., p.p.
synonymInga clypearia Jack
synonymPithecellobium angulatum Benth.
synonymPithecellobium clypearia (Jack)Benth.
synonymPithecellobium clypearia var. acuminatum Gagnep.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Rhasahu
  • Thorekana
Malayalam
  • Attha Berantha
  • Mazhavaka
  • Pulivaka
Tamil
  • Malai-vagai
  • Mazhavagai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Trees along the margin of high altitude evergreen forests between 1300-2200 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors 
ayyappan Narayanan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Tree
    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Brief
      Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
      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 
        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Habit

        Shrubs to small trees, up to 10 m tall.

        Branches and branchlets

        Young branchlets angular, rusty tomentose.

        Leaves

        Leaves compound, bipinnate, paripinnate, alternate, spiral; stipules caducous; rachis 5-16 cm long, pulvinate, round sessile glands on the upper side, rusty tomentose; pinnae 3-12 pairs, opposite, tomentose; leaflets numerous, small, sessile, 0.6-0.9 x 0.2 cm, oblong to oblong-trapezoid, apex acute and mucronate, base asymmetric, margin entire and recurved, coriaceous, tawny-villous beneath; midrib canaliculate; secondary nerves 4-6 pairs; tertiary nerves obscure.

        Inflorescence / Flower

        Inflorescence clustered heads; flowers sessile, greenish white, stamens white and many.

        Fruit and Seed

        Pod, 7.5-10 cm long, coriaceous, twisted; seeds 4-12.

        B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Unarmed trees, to 12 m high; young parts rusty tomentose. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate; stipules; rachis 5-16 cm long, slender, tomentose, pulvinate; glands at the base on upperside; pinnae 3-12 pairs, opposite, 2.3-6.5 cm, slender, pubescent, gland one half way between each pair of pinnae; leaflets 14-50, sessile, opposite, stipels absent; glands in between each pair of leaflets; lamina 0.6-1 x 0.1 x 0.3-0.4 cm, oblong or oblong-trapezoid, base oblique, apex obtusely acute, mucronate; margin entire, recurved, glabrous above, villous beneath, coriaceous; midrib more or less central, often ascending diagonally, lateral nerves obscure. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, arranged in 6 flowered globular spike, in terminal panicles 2.5 cm across; calyx campanulate, 1.2 ×1-1.5 mm, golden pubescent, 5 toothed; corolla funnel shaped, 4-7 mm, golden pubescent; lobes ovate to oblong; stamens many, monadelphous at base, 7-10 mm long, exserted; ovary stipitate, pubescent, 1-celled, ovules many; style filiform; stigma minute Fruit a pod, 7-11 cm long, hispid, curved in to circle, orange within, dorsal suture coriaceous; sees 4-12, 5 mm across, black, compressed.
          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: Tree
            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
              📚 Natural History
              Cyclicity
              Flowering and fruiting: December-May
              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 
                Morphology

                Growth Form

                Tree
                Tree
                Ecology
                Trees along the margin of high altitude evergreen forests between 1300-2200 m.
                B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Miscellaneous Details
                  Notes: Western 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
                    Forested areas
                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      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
                        Kerala: Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Theni, Tirunelveli
                        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

                          India: Assam, Meghalaya

                          Indian Distribution

                          Darrang

                          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- South Sahyadri.
                            B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                            Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
                            Licenses CC_BY
                            References 
                              Global Distribution

                              India and Sri Lanka

                              Indian distribution

                              State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram

                              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
                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses

                                System of Medicines Used In

                                Folk medicine
                                Folk medicine
                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Folk medicine

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4441
                                Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4441
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
                                Licenses CC_BY
                                References 
                                  No Data
                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4441
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
                                  1. Inga clypearia Jack, Malayan Misc, 2: 78. 1822.
                                  2. Pithecellobium anamalayanum Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 189. 1872.
                                  3. Archidendron clypearia ( Jack ) Nielsen ssp. subcoriaceum ( Thwa. ) Nielsen, Opera Bot. 76: 57. 1984 (1985).
                                  4. Pithecellobium subcoriaceum Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 100. 1895; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 305. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 434(308). 1919; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 239. 2002.
                                  5. Archidendron clypearia (Jack) Nielson, Adansonia 19: 15. 1979; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 60. 1992; Gangop. & Chakrab., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 686. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 127. 1998.
                                  6. Abarema subcoriacea (Thw.) Kosterm., Bull. Natuur. ord. Indonesia 20: 41. 1954; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 49. 1998.
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4441
                                  2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
                                  3. Inga clypearia Jack, Malayan Misc, 2: 78. 1822.
                                  4. Pithecellobium anamalayanum Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 189. 1872.
                                  5. Archidendron clypearia ( Jack ) Nielsen ssp. subcoriaceum ( Thwa. ) Nielsen, Opera Bot. 76: 57. 1984 (1985).
                                  6. Pithecellobium subcoriaceum Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 100. 1895; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 305. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 434(308). 1919; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 239. 2002.
                                  7. Archidendron clypearia (Jack) Nielson, Adansonia 19: 15. 1979; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 60. 1992; Gangop. & Chakrab., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 686. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 127. 1998.
                                  8. Abarema subcoriacea (Thw.) Kosterm., Bull. Natuur. ord. Indonesia 20: 41. 1954; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 49. 1998.
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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                  OrderFabales
                                  FamilyFabaceae
                                  GenusArchidendron
                                  SpeciesArchidendron clypearia (Jack) I.C.Nielsen
                                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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