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Canavalia mollis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Canavalia mollis Wight & Arn., Prodr. 253. 1834; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 108. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 91. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 85. 1999.
Canavalia ensiformis DC. var. mollis (Wight & Arn.) Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 196. 1876.
Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. var. mollis (Wight & Arn.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 359(254).1918.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stem densely hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 13 x 8 cm, ovate, acuminate, rounded at base, densely hairy below; petiole 6 cm long; stipules lanceolate. Racemes 8 cm long, 10-flowered. Flowers 4 cm long; calyx 12 mm long, 2-lipped, upper lip emarginate, lower lip 3-lobed; standard 33 mm diam., orbicular, pink, auricled at base; wings 25 x 7 cm, oblong, obtuse; keel 18 x 7 mm, stalked; stamens monadelphous; staminal sheath 25 mm long; ovary densely hairy; ovules 4-6; style curved, stigma capitate. Pods 13 x 2.5 cm, compressed, thickened along upper suture; seeds 5, biconvex.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Pink
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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:
Ichampetty, Vavalala
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