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Indigofera aspalathoides
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Indigofera aspalathoides Vahl ex DC., Prodr. 2: 231. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 94. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 309(218). 1918; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 192. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 163. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 185. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 16. 1995.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Manneli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrub, much branched; young stems appressed-pubescent with white hairs, later glabrescent; stipules minute, setaceous; leaves sessile, digitate, subfasciculate, 1-5-foliolate; leaflets linear to obovate, often involute, about 2-3(-7) mm long, 1 mm wide or less, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous above, sparsely appressed-pubescent beneath; flowers about 5-6 mm long, solitary, axillary, on pedicels about 5 mm long; bracts minute, setaceous; calyx 1-1.5 mm long with deltoid lobes, sparsely pubescent; petals reddish; fruit linear, straight, 5-15 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, sparsely pubescent, (3-)5-8-seeded.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sandy wastelands
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Panangoteri-Kollenkode
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