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Pithecellobium dulce
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. in Hook.'s Lond. J. Bot. 3: 199. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 302. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 434(308). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 100. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 233. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 152. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 189. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 71. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 122. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 112. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 271. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 341. 2009.
Mimosa dulcis Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: 67. t.99. 1798.
Inga dulcis (Roxb.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 1005. 1806.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kodakapuli, Korukkapuli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Blackbead, Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, Monkeypod, Guamuchil, Guayamochil
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Description:
Trees, to 20 m high; branchlets densely tomentose. Leaves bi-pinnate, alternate; stipular spines to 2 cm, erect; rachis 1-3 cm long, slender, pubescent, grooved above, pulvinate, a solitary gland at the top on upper side; pinnae 2, 4-10 mm long, slender, pubescent, grooved above, a solitary gland at the top on upperside; leaflets 2, opposite; stipels 1 mm, linear; petiolule to 1 mm; lamina 1.5-3.5 ×0.5-1.5 cm, oblong-oblanceolate, inequilateral, base and apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, 5 mm across, creamy, heads arranged in axillary or terminal panicled spikes; peduncle to 2 cm; calyx campanulate, pubescent, lobes 5; petals 5, to 4 mm, connate in the middle, densely tomentose without; stamens many, monadelphous; filaments to 7 mm; ovary superior, sessile, ovules many; stigma minute. Fruit a pod, 8×1 cm, circinate or falcate, moniliform, turgid, dehiscent; seeds orbicular; aril white.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as fuelwood tree
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America, cultivated in the tropics
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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):
Creamy
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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:
Yes
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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:
Champakkad, Parambikulam, Walayar, Thottappally, Rockwood, Thenmalai, Ettapadappu, Kulathupuzha
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