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Pterolobium hexapetalum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Pterolobium hexapetalum (Roth) Sant. & Wagh, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 5: 108. 1964; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 183. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 34. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 115. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 108. 2002.
Reichardia hexapetala Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 210. 1821.
Pterolobium indicum A. Rich., Fl. Abyss. 1: 247.1847; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:259.1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 395(280). 1919.
Pterolobium lacerans Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 283. 1834.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Endam
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Stragglers; prickles 2 mm, recurved, branchlets puberulus. Leaves to 15 cm, pinnae 4-7 pairs; leaflets 6-10 pairs, 1.2 x 0.7 cm, oblong, obovate, apex rounded, base oblique, pubescent, pinnae rachis ends in a bristle; petiole to 3 cm. Racemes axillary or terminal, to 15 cm; peduncles to 5 cm; flowers white; pedicel 1-1.5 cm; bracts subulate; sepals 4 and 6 mm, hooded; petals 6 x 2 mm, obovate, clawed, subequal; stamens 10, filaments 5-6 mm, basally villous; ovary sessile. Pod 4.5 x 1.5 cm, samaroid, flat, apically winged, reddish when young; seed 1, 10 x 5 mm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Thayanankkudy, Keerapady, Thekkady, Walayar
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