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Dysolobium dolichoides
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dysolobium dolichoides (Roxb.) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66. 2. 427. 1897; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 169. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 210. 1997.
Phaseolus dolichoides Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 290. 1832.
Vigna dolichoides (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 206. 1876.
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Description:
Twining shrubs; stem villous. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets to 13 x 7.5 cm, end one rhomboid or ovate, laterals inequilateral, ovate-lanceolate, basally 3-nerved, chartaceous, lower surface pubescent; stipule ovate-acute, tomentose. Flowers in axillary racemes, to 5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles subulate, caduceus. Calyx lobes subequal. Petals bluish white; standard orbicular, 1.5 cm across; wings oblong, auricled at base; keels curved. Stamens (9) + 1, filaments alternately long and short. Pod densely brown-tomentose, to 6 cm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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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:
Kanjirakadavu
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