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Kunstleria keralensis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Kunstleria keralensis C.N. Mohanan & N.C. Nair, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Pl. Sci.) 90: 207. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 153. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 84. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 199. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 146. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 223. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 109. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 214. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 183. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 297. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Mutharivalli, Kariveppilavalli
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Description:
Large climbers; stems slender. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets opposite, 9-11 to 16 x 5 cm, ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded at base, membranous; nerves 4 pairs, reticulate; rachis to 25 cm long. Flowers in terminal and axillary panicles, branches slender, rusty tomentose; bracts and bracteoles minute. Flowers distantly packed. Calyx 3 mm long, campanulate, rusty tomentose. Petals brownish, 5 mm across; standard orbicular, glabrous. Stamens 9 + 1; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, few-ovuled. Pods 11 x 2 cm, flat, oblong obtuse, prominently reticulate; seed 1, oblong.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Kannur, Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
Blue, 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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
300-700
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Localities:
Sholayar, Koruthode, Sabarimala, Poochapara, Panthenthode border, Adoor, Aikdau, Kalleli, Chavara, Ampumala, Karuvarakundu, Karamanayar region, Attayar
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