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Vigna adenantha
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Vigna adenantha (Meyer) Marechal, Mascherpa & Stainier, Taxon 27: 202. 1978; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 158. 1984; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 272. 1992; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 244. 2009.
Phaseolus adenanthus Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 239. 1818; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 200. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 362(256). 1918; N.C. Nair et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 2: 224. 1981.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattupayer, Kandalpayar
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Twining or trailing perennial herbs; stems glabrescent. leaflets 3-8 x 1.8-4 cm, ovate, ovate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate, both surfaces with adpressed sparse pubescence; petiole 3-8 cm long; stipules 4-7 mm long, lanceolate, basifixed. Racemes 5-14 cm long, 6-10-flowered. Flowers 2-3 cm long; pedicels 2-3 mm long; bracts ovate-oblong. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long, sparsely pubescent; upper lobes partially connate; lower lobe c. 4 mm long, lanceolate. Petals dark pink or cream-coloured; standard 2.2-2.8 x 2.3-2.5 cm, suborbicular, emarginate, cream-coloured; wings obovate, pink; keels spirally incurved. Ovary linear, pubescent; style deflexed, hairy towards apex. Pods 6-11 x 0.6-15-seeded. Seeds reniform, black.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Coastal areas along the banks of backwaters and mangroves
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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, White
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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:
Thottappally, Kanjikuzhi
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