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Rhynchosia rothii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Rhynchosia rothii Benth. ex Aitch., Cat. Pl. Punjab & Sind. 50. 1869; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 85. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 240. 1992.
Rhynchosia sericea Span., Linnaea 15: 195. 1841, non Hook. & Arn., 1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 225. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 375(265). 1918.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, trifoliate; leaflets up to 12 x 9 cm, ovate-rhomboid, acute, cuneate or truncate at base, softly hairy, lateral leaflets oblique; bracts lanceolate, subpersistent. Flowers purple in long, axillary, dense racemes; bracteoles 0. Calyx-lobes acuminate, not foliaceous. Petals included or exserted; standard obovate or orbicular with inflexed auricles at the base; wings narrow; keel incurved, hardly beaked. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, usually 2-rarely 1-ovuled; style long, filiform, much incurved; stigma capitate. Pod flat, tawny-villous; seeds 2-4, estrophiolate.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Open areas in semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Pink
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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:
Pisiadamala, Poochapara
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