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Calopogonium mucunoides
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Calopogonium mucunoides Desv., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 423. 1826; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 118. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 127. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 178. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 104. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 132. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 88. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 207. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 159. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 201. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 269. 2009.
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Description:
Slender creeping and climbing herbs, coarsely brown-tawny pubescent. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate; leaflets 3-7 x 2-4 cm, elliptic-rhomboid, obtuse, base rounded or oblique, densely pubescent; lateral nerves 4 pairs; petioles 3-8 cm long; stipels 3 mm long, subulate. Flowers bluish, in axillary racemes; bracts and bracteoles small caducuos; pedicels to 3 m long. Calyx lobes unequal, 4-6 mm long, upper 2 connate, other 3 lobes linear lanceolate. Standard petal obovate, appendaged with 2 inflexed auricles; keel petals shorter than wing petals. Stamens 9+1. Ovary densely villous, sessile; ovules many, style slender, stigma capitate. Pods coarsely pubescent, 2-3 cm long, compressed-convex, slightly constricted between the seeds; seeds 5-7.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Ernakulam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Forest plantations, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Introduced form Tropical Asia; now wild in Southern India
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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):
Violet, Blue
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Weed:
Yes
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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:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Kattalappara, Tiruvalla, Pampa, Kannoth, Nileswar, Payyavur, on way to Panoth, Aroor, Vadapuram
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