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Vigna aconitifolia
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natt. Belge 39: 160. 1969.
Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq., Obs. 3: 2. t. 52. 1768; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 202. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 363(256). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Moth bean
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Description:
Suberect or climbing shrubs; stem and branches striate with long, spreading and deflexed hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets variable in size and shape, usually all the 3 variously and more or less deeply lobed; lobes oblong, acute or acuminate, more or less hairy when young, glabrescent with age; petioles to 8 cm long, hairy with spreading or deflexed hairs; stipules medifixed, prolonged below their insertion into a 2 mm long, rounded lobe; upper part 6 mm long, acute, strongly nerved and hairy with long spreading hairs; stipels 4-5 mm long, spreading, persistent. Racemes capitate; peduncles long, hairy like stem; bracteoles linear, with setaceous, ciliated tips protruding beyond the buds. Calyx 4-5 mm long; tube 1.5 mm long, teeth setaceous, hairy. Corolla 5-5.5 mm long, yellow. Pods 2-4 x 0.5 cm, minutely hairy, 5-8-seeded; seeds 4.5 x 3 mm, oblong, brown.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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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:
Yes
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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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