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Dalbergia horrida var. horrida
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia horrida (Dennst.) Mabb., Taxon 26: 538. 1977, var. horrida; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 123. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 178. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 136. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 136. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 90. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 184. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 213. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 278. 2009.
Amerimnon horridum Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 9, 18, 34. 1818.
Dalbergia spinosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 234. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 238. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 381(269). 1918.
Dalbergia sympathetica Nimmo ex Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 55. 1839; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:234. 1876; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 82. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 154. 1990; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 201. 2002.
Dalbergia multiflora Heyne ex Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 10: 43, t. 18. 1905; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 381(269). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aanamullu, Jadavalli
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Description:
Straggling shrubs, climbing by means of hooked branchlets. Leaves 4-9 cm long; leaflets 11-15, 0.8-1.8 x 0.5-1.2 cm, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base cuneate, apex emarginate, subcoriaceous. Flowers in axillary cymose panicles. Stamens 9. Ovary linear. Pods 3-5 x 1.3-2 cm, broadly oblong or strap-shaped, 1-4-seeded.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the sacred groves and plains
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-800
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Kattalappara, Dhoni R. F., Walayar, Kallada, Nilambur, Rosemala, Taliparamba, Mukkali forests, Vandanam, Kanjirakadavu, Nedumkayam, Bonaccord
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