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Indigofera trita var. marginulata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Indigofera trita L.f. var. marginulata (Graham ex Wight & Arn.) Sanjappa, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26: 118. 1985; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 197. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 147. 1995.
Indigofera marginulata Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 204. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 97. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 311(220). 1918; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 100. 1999.
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Description:
Subshrubs, branchlets clothed with adpressed hairs. Leaves imparipinnate, to 10 cm; leaflets 5, opposite, terminal leaflets larger, to 4 x 2 cm, oblong-obovate, apex obtuse, mucronate, membranous, pilose; stipules 2 mm, linear. Racemes axillary, to 10 cm; pedicels to 2 mm; flowers pink; calyx tube 1 mm, campanulate, hairy, lobes to 1.5 and 2 mm, lanceolate, unequal; staminal tube 3 mm; anthers apiculate; ovary 3 mm, oblong, style curved, 1.5 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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):
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:
300-900
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Localities:
Churullipetty
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