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Sophora wightii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Sophora wightii Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 250. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 289(274). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 250. 1992; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 139. 1999.
Sophora heptaphylla sensu Wight, Ic. t. 115. 1846, non L. 1753.
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Description:
Erect shrubs up to 6 m high, sparsely branched; branches usually drooping, young parts villous, bark blackish- brown when mature. Leaves pinnate, up to 35 cm long; leaflets 3.5-12 x 1-3 cm, oblanceolate, elliptic-oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, base narrowed, glabrous above, adpressed hairy beneath when young; stipules linear-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm long. Racemes up to 10 cm long, upcurved; flowers 2-2.5 cm long, white. Calyx lobes obscure, slightly saccate at base. Petals white, ca. 2 cm long. Pods 10-15 cm long, drooping, constricted between seeds; seeds 3-7 .
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Margins of shola forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sispara
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