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Mucuna pruriens var. thekkadiensis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. thekkadiensis Thoth. & Ravik., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21: 703. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 110. 1998.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stems rounded, hairy. Leaves alternate, trifoliate; petioles 7.5-15.5 cm long; lateral leaflets 8.0-12.5 x 4.5 -7.5 cm, cordate, base truncate, apex acute and slightly mocronate, chartaceous, glabrescent above, densely minute, white hairy beneath; petiolules ca 1.5 cm long, hairy; terminal leaflet rhombic ovate, 11.5-14.0 x 6.5-9.5 narrowly rounded at apex, petiolues 0.5 cm long. Infructescence 21 cm long, shorter than leaves, rachis densely brown hairy with 8-10 pods crowded. Pods narrowly oblong, 8.5-9.5 x 1.2-1.5 cm, brown, not plaited or curved, densely matted with deciduous, brownish, red, irritant bristles and very minute brown hairs; seeds 4-5, brown.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
-February
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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):
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thekkady
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