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Phaseolus coccineus
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Phaseolus coccineus L., Sp. Pl. 724. 1753.
Phaseolus multiflorus Lam., Encycl. 3: 70. 1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 200. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 363(256). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Perumpayar
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Scarlet runner
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Description:
Cultivated twiner; branchlets glabrescent. Leaves 10 cm wide, chartaceous; petiole 6 cm; mid-leaflet rhomboid, 8 x 5 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate; petiolule 3 cm; laterals oblique, 6 x 4 cm, base truncate, apex acute; petiolule 0.4 cm, densely covered with hooked hairs. Pseudoracemes axillary, to 15 cm; peduncle 10 cm; bracteoles 4 mm, about equalling calyx. Calyx 4 mm; upper lip triangular. Corolla bright scarlet; standard 1.9 x 1.2 cm; wings 2.5 x 1.2 cm; keels 1 x 0.5 cm. Stamens 9+1; sheath 0.7 cm. Pod elongate, 15 x 2 cm, densely hairy when young; seeds c. 10, oblong, compressed with convex.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Central America
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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:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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