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Derris brevipes var. coriacea
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Derris brevipes (Benth.) Baker var. coriacea Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 244. 1878; Thoth., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 185. 1961; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 145. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 155. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 144. 1992.
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Description:
Large climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate; leaflets 8-13 x 4.5-5.8 cm, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, shortly cuspidate; lateral veins 8-10 pairs; petiolules 4-10 mm long. Panicles 12-28 cm long, axillary and terminal, rachis and branchlets densely ferruginous. Flowers rusty-tomentose, 1.0-1.3 cm; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 3-4 mm, 4-toothed. Petals red; vexillum 8-12 mm long, ovate-orbicular to obovate, vexillum and wings with deciduous silky pubescent on the back above; keels densely silky on the back. Staminal sheath 8-10 mm long. Pistil 9-11 mm, ovary densely pubescent, 3-4-ovuled. Pods turgid, 2.5-14.0 x 2.0-3.3 cm, reticulately veined, narrowly winged on the dorsal suture with an obscure one the ventral suture; seeds 1-3, reddish brown, oblong.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-
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District(s):
Kollam, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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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):
Red
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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:
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Localities:
Attappady R.F., Muthikulam forests, Ayyappankovil-Padagiri
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