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Smithia venkobarowii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Smithia venkobarowii Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 330(233.) 1918 & Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 223. 1919; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 248. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 153. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 115. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 101. 2002.
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Description:
Erect subshrubs, to 70 cm high; stem white, yellowish villous. Leaflets 2-4 pairs 2-2.5 x 0.5 cm, oblong, obtuse, mucronate, glaucous beneath, glabrous, rachis hairy; stipules 12 mm long, 2-lobed at base; glabrous. Racemes 2 cm across; congested; bracts deciduous; bracteoles 3 x 1.5 mm, obovate, bristled. Flowers few; calyx 7 mm long, lips similar, obtuse, sparsely ciliate; standard 1 cm across, yellow. Joints of pods 3 x 2.5 mm, orbicular, strongly reticulate, smooth, 5-7 together.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Vallakkadavu, Koorankuzhi
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