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Archidendron clypearia
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: 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.
Inga clypearia Jack, Malayan Misc, 2: 78. 1822.
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.
Archidendron clypearia ( Jack ) Nielsen ssp. subcoriaceum ( Thwa. ) Nielsen, Opera Bot. 76: 57. 1984 (1985).
Pithecellobium anamalayanum Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 189. 1872.
Abarema subcoriacea (Thw.) Kosterm., Bull. Natuur. ord. Indonesia 20: 41. 1954; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 49. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Mazhavaka, Pulivaka
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
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.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Green, White
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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:
1400-
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Localities:
Vellimala, Devicolam, Pongalapara
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