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Derris brevipes var. brevipes
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Derris brevipes (Benth.) Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 244. 1878, var. brevipes; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 388(273). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 75. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 136. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 138. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 91. 1997; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 144. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 98. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 92. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 90. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 169. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 281. 2009.
Derris heyneana Benth. var. brevipes Benth., J. Linn. Soc. 4 (Suppl.): 110. 1860.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nanchuvalli, Karukody, Pannivalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stout climbers; branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves 3-9-foliolate; leaflets to 12 x 5 cm, obovate-oblong, abruptly acuminate at apex, retuse, acute at base. Panicles 10 x 10 cm, axillary, rusty tomentose. Flowers 14 mm long. Calyx cupular, 4 mm long, hispid, black, lobes obtuse. Standard petal11 x 7 mm, obovate, emarginate, white, clawed; wing 9 x 3 mm, oblong; keel glabrate. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary densely hairy. Pods 5 x 2.5 cm, ovate, obtuse at either ends, densely dark brown-hispid; seeds 2.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Vazhani, Kallar, Kattalappara, Alampetty, Thannikkudy, Chenthamara, Dam site, Thenkudippara, Aruvanpara, Pampa, Aralam
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