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Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. hirsuta (Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear, Kew Bull. 42:44.1987; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 218. 1992.
Mucuna hirsuta Wight & Arn., Prodr. 254. 1934; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 187. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 355(251). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 153. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 148. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 134. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 166. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 110. 1998.
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Description:
Herbaceous climbers, stem densely hispid. Leaflets to 13 x 8.5 cm, broadly ovate, acute at base and apex, fulvous-tomentose; nerves 8 pairs; lateral leaflets inequilateral; petiole 12.5 cm long, hispid, stipule lanceolate. Racemes 17 x 10 cm, densely hispid. Flowers 3-together, 4.5 cm long; calyx 1.5 cm long, lobes ovate, densely hispid; standard 22 m across, wings 40 x 13 mm, oblong; keel 43 x 5 mm, linear-oblong, curved, acute at apex. Pods 7 x 1.5 cm, compressed, densely covered with black bristles.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mlappara, Anchurali, Pathenthode, on way to Kannoth, Nedumpoyil, Mathur
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