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Cajanus albicans
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) van der Maesen, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85-4: 55. 1985; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 99. 1992; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 267. 2009.
Cantharospermum albicans Wight & Arn., Prodr. 256. 1834 p.p.
Atylosia albicans (Wight & Arn.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 243. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 215. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 369(260). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 126. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 136. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 89. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 84. 1999.
Cajanus wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 256. 1834.
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Description:
Twiners; branchlets white-canescent. Leaflets 3-4.5 x 2-4 cm, obovate, apex rounded, base obtuse, grey pubescent below, nerves ca. 4 pairs, laterals oblique; petiole to 2-4 cm, petiolule 2 mm, pubescent, stipules 3 mm. Racemes lax, to 4 cm; bracts 3 mm; calyx tube 3 mm, lobes 1.5 mm, triangular, pubescent; petals persistent, yellow. Pod 3.5 x 1 cm, transversally flattened, grey pubescent, strongly mucronate.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
Yellow
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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:
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Localities:
Thayanankkudy, Swamikkayam, Baveli
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