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Teramnus mollis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Teramnus mollis Benth., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 8: 265. 1865; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 352(249). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 157. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 136. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 157. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 261. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 156. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 220. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 192. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 312. 2009.
Teramnus labialis (L. f.) Spreng. var. mollis (Benth.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 184. 1876.
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Description:
Slender twiners. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets unequal, terminal one rhombi-lanceate, c.9 by 4.5 cm, laterals oblong-lanceate, 7 by 3.5 cm, apex acute, base rounded to subcordate, lower surface densely greyish-tomentose, thin-coriaceous. Racemes axillary, c. 6 cm long, solitary or 2-3, in clusters. Flowers lax. about 2 mm long, pink. Calyx campanulate, lobes more or less 4, upper 2 connate. Petals little exserted, clawed. Stamens 10; monadelphous, anthers alternatively fertile and sterile. Ovary stipitate; style curved. Pods compressed, pubescent, apex hooked; seeds oblong.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia
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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):
Blue, Violet
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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:
Peechi, Gurunadhan mannu, Begur, Payyavur, Nedumkayam
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