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Vigna umbellata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & Ohashi, Jap. J. Bot. 44: 31. 1969; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 159. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 140. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 276. 1992; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 177. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 158. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 118. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 104. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 224. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 193. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 315. 2009.
Dolichos umbellatus Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 339. 1794.
Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 289. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 203. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 363(256). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattuzhunnu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Rice Bean
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Description:
Slender twiners; stems reflexed hairy. Leaflets 10 x 5 cm, ovate, acuminate, hispid; petiole 10 cm long, slender, stipule 8 mm long, ovate, decurrent at base. Flowers 2-3-together, in short axillary racemes. Calyx 3 mm long, lobes ovate; petals yellow; standard 10 x 15 mm, strongly auricled at base; wings 8 x 6 mm, orbicular; keel 7 x 6 mm, incurved to one turn, spurred to one side. Pods 7 x 0.5 cm, compressed; seeds many.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-750
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Mangaladevi, Thellikkal, Mundanpara, Kannoth, Tolpetty, Silent Valley R. F., Bonaccord, Meenmutty
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