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Parkinsonia aculeata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Parkinsonia aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 375. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 260. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 397(281). 1919; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 33. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 115. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Horse Bean, Jerusalem thorn
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Description:
Armed shrubs; branchlets tomentose, glabrescent when old, spines erect, broad based, woody. Leaves bipinnate, 35 cm, pinnae 2-4 pairs; leaflets 2, 2-7 x 1-3 mm, oblanceolate, rachis flattered. Racemes axillary, to 15 cm; flowers yellow; pedicels 1 to 1.5 cm; bracts cauducous; calyx tube short, lobes 6 x 2 mm, unequal; petals 10 x 10 mm, obovate, clawed, villous; stamens 10, filaments unequal, villous. Pod 10 x 0.6 cm, tomentose, striated; 1-5 seeded.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as hedge plant
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; widely naturalised
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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:
Yes
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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:
Chinnar
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