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Gliricidia sepium
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp., Rep. 1: 679. 1842; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 151. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 161. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 132. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 190. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 178. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 181. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 152. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 158. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 104. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 220. 1997; Subram., Indian For. 96. 527. 1970; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 89. 1982; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 194. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 227. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 316. 2009.
Robinia sepium Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 28. 1760.
Gliricidia macualata (Steud.) Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 393. 1824; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 89. 1982.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheema konna, Seema konna
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Spotted Gliricidia
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Description:
Trees to 8 m high; bark grey, lenticellate; branchlets glandular-pubescent. Leaves odd-pinnate, alternate, spiral; stipules lateral, cauducous; rachis 8-30 cm, slender, pulvinate, pubescent; leaflets 7-21, opposite, estipellate; petiolule 4-7 mm, slender, pubescent; lamina 2.5-8 x 1.5-5 cm, ovate, ovate-oblong, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse or oblique, apex acuminate or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous above, glaucous and puberulent beneath, membranous; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 2 cm across, rose-pink, to 20 cm long racemes; pedicels to 2 cm; calyx campanulate, to 5 mm; lobes obscure; petals exserted; standard 2 x1.5 cm, orbicular, with 2 callosities above claw; wings to 2 x0.6 cm, oblong, auricled; keels 2.2 x 0.8 cm, obovate, incurved; stamens 9+1; staminal tube 1.6 cm; vexillary stamen free; filaments unequal, 3-4 mm; anthers uniform; ovary half inferior, sessile, 1.5 cm; style incurved, 4 mm, glabrous; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod, to 15 cm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated in fields and along fences
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Distribution:
Native of South America; Introduced and now widely grown in India
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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, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Andhakaranazhi, Karulai
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