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Derris scandens
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Derris scandens (Roxb.) Benth., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (Suppl.) 103. 1860; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 240. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 387(273). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 81. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 146. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 125. 1985; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 148. 1992; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 155. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 138. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 93. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 90. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 169. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 215. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 281. 2009.
Dalbergia scandens Roxb., Pl. Corom. 2: 49, t. 192. 1805.
Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.) Benth., Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. Vienna 2: 101. 1838; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 164. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 223. 1997.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Panivalli, Poonjali, Ponnamvalli
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Description:
Large climbing shrubs; branchlets brown, lenticellate. Leaflets 5-11, 2-5 x 1-2.5 cm, elliptic, lanceolate or ovate-oblong, apex obtuse, acute, sometimes emarginate, base rounded to cuneate, subcoriaceous; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, slender. Racemes axillary, 8-25 cm long, with flowers clustered on brown-pubescent rachis. Flowers 7-9 mm long; pedicels c. 4 mm long, slender. Calyx 2.5-3 mm long, shortly adpressed tomentose, lobes obscure. Petals pink or white; standard 7-8 mm long; ovate-orbicular. Stamens 10, alternate ones short. Pods 2.5-6.5 x 1-1.4 cm, oblong, narrowly winged on the upper suture, minutely adpressed tomentose; seeds 2-4 ca. 8 mm long, reniform, compressed, dark brown.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in mangrove forests and sacred groves
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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, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Chinnar, Kuchimudi, Tiruvalla, Cheruvathur, Karimbam, Walayar, Thrikkunnapuzha, Kanjirakadavu
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