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Mezoneurum cucullatum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Mezoneurum cucullatum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. 283. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 258. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 395(279). 1919; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 182. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 236. 1997.
Caesalpinia cucullata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 358. 1832; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 90. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 163. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 10. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 161. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 105. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 119. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 106. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 195. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 320. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaka-kalingi-valli, Verimullu
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Description:
Stout climbers; old stem covered with strong thorns with clavate thick base. Leaves paripinnate, 45 cm long; pinnules 5 or 6 pairs; leaflets 3 pairs, 10 x 4 cm, ovate, acuminate, glabrous; rachis with strong curved thorns. Racemes to 25 cm long, clustered. Flowers 2 cm across, irregular, cucullate. Sepals unequal, lobes obtuse, glabrous. Petals unequal, orbicular; filaments glabrate. Pods 10 x 2.5 cm, flattened, oblong, obtuse, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Sholayar, Rosemala, Chinnar, Puthussery, Pamba, Orukomban, below Punnamala, Pathenthode, Kalleli, Kannoth, Mukkali forests, Karappa, Thalichola
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