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Indigofera cassioides
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Indigofera cassioides Rottl. ex. DC., Prodr. 2: 225. 1825; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 89. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 192. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 186. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21:29. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 51. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 107. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 294. 2009.
Indigofera pulchella Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 382. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 101. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 313(221). 1918; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 100. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Manneli, Manali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect shrubs, to 1.5 m tall. Leaves to 13 cm long; leaflets to 10 pairs, to 2 x 1 cm, obovate, emarginate, cuspidate; stipule lanceolate. Racemes 5-15 cm long, axillary, many-flowered; bracts lanceolate, subulate above. Flowers 13 mm long, pink; calyx 3.5 mm long, lobes acuminate, hairy; standard 10 x 7 mm, obovate, glabrous; wings 11 mm long, oblanceolate; keel ciliate at apex. Pods 30 x 5 mm, oblong, compressed, glabrous, cuspidate, many-seeded.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands along hill slopes
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Distribution:
Pakistan, India to Indo-China
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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, Pink
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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:
100-1200
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Localities:
Vanchikulam, Nellimedu, Karimutty, Mangaladevi
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