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Caesalpinia decapetala
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6 (Suppl.): 89. 1931; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 11. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 120. 1998.
Richardia decapetala Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 212. 1821.
Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 360. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 256. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 394(279). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Inna
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Black bonduc, Mysore thorn, Shoofly
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Description:
Rambling shrubs; branchlets tomentose. Leaves to 30 x 20 cm, bipinnate; leaflets to 15 x 6 mm, oblong, obtuse, densely hispid. Racemes terminal, to 25 cm long. Flowers many, 2.5 cm across; bracts 7 x 3 mm, lanceolate; sepals 10 x 4 mm, oblong, obtuse; petals yellow, equal, orbicular; filaments 12 mm long, densely bearded. Pods to 7 x 2.2 cm, elliptic-oblong, flat, glabrous, 2 or 3-seeded.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests
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Distribution:
Originally from Tropical and Subtropical Asia; now widely naturalised
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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:
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:
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Localities:
Kurisumala, Melmala
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