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Arachis glabrata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Arachis glabrata Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 159. 1839.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Hagenbeck's Peanut
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Description:
Herbaceous perennials with erect to decumbent unbranched stems with a deep, woody taproot and a dense mat of rhizomes. Leaves tetrafoliolate; leaflets ranging from linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, obovate or cuneate up to 4 cm x 2 cm; apex acute to mucronate, base mostly obtuse, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; petiole grooved, up to 7.5 cm long, 1-2 mm diam. with pulvinus 10-15 mm above axil; stipules linear-lanceolate, falcate, up to 3 cm long, adnate to the petiole and membranous below the pulvinus; petiolule about 1 mm and rachis 10-15 mm long. Flowers sessile, axillary; hypanthium filiform, tubular, up to 10 cm long, pilose, containing the ovary at its base; standard more or less orbicular, 15-25 mm wide, yellow, soft orange to brilliant orange without red veins on back. Fruit set geocarpic, but usually scarce; fruit ovoid ca. 10 mm x 5-6 mm; seeds ovoid, whitish.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-August
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of South America
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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:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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