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Neonotonia wightii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Neonotonia wightii (Graham ex Wight & Arn.) Lackey, Phytologia 37: 209. 1977; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 162. 1990; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 149. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 219. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 217. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 110. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 101. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 299. 2009.
Notonia wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 208. 1834.
Glycine javanica sensu Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 183. 1876,p.p. non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 351(248). 1918.
Glycine wightii (Graham ex Wight & Arn.) Verdc., Taxon 15: 35. 1966; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 162. 1990.
Neonotonia wightii (Graham ex Wight & Arn.) Lackey var. coimbatorensis (Ajitha Sen) Karthik., Indian J. For. 4: 65. 1981; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 220. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 147. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 98. 2002.
Glycine wightii (Graham ex Wight & Arn.) Verdc. var. coimbatorensis Ajitha Sen, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74:330.1978.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattavarakkavalli
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Description:
Stout climbers. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets equal, 8 x 6 cm, ovate, acute, pubescent. Racemes erect, to 25 cm long, axillary. Flowers 8 mm long, densely clustered; bracts and bracteoles striate; calyx 5 mm long, lobes lanceolate; petals white, standard obovate; wings oblong, appendaged at base, keel obovate; stamens 10, monadelphous; anthers uniform; ovary densely hairy, 4-6 ovuled; style stout, stigma fimbriate. Pods 4 x 0.6 cm, oblong, deflexed, densely hairy, depressed between seeds; seeds 5 x 4 mm, oblong.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India, Sri Lanka and Africa
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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):
White
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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:
Sivapura, Karimutty, Alampetty, Vavalala, Thekkady, Pachakkanam, Begur, Nadugani ghats
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