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Vigna vexillata var. wightii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. var. wightii (Benth. ex Bedd.) Babu & Sharma, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 27: 28. 1987; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 160. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 278. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 162. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 158. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 108. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 225. 2002.
Vigna wightii Benth. ex Bedd., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 215. 1865; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 206. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 365(257). 1918.
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Description:
Twiners, pubescent. Terminal leaflet to 8.5 x 6 cm, laterals to 7 x 4.5 cm, ovate, apex obtuse, mucronate, base rounded, oblique at the base, puberulus above, densely silky pubescent below; petiole to 7 cm, petiolule 0.5 cm, tomentose, stipule 5 mm, ovate, stipel linear. Racemes axillary, to 10 cm, 2-4 flowered; flowers light purple; bracts 2 mm, pedicels 2 mm; calyx 6 mm, campanulate, lobes 6 mm, unequal, ciliate; corolla 2.5 cm long; standard petal orbicular, clawed; keel united; staminal tube 1.5 cm, filaments 1 cm; ovary 1 cm, pubescent, style 2 cm, bearded, stigma oblique. Pod 13 x 0.8 cm, terete, pilose, acuminate at the apex; seeds 6 x 4 mm, black.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
Pink, Blue
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-800
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Localities:
Ponmudi, Ichampetty, Olikkudy, Thayanankkudy, Tolpetty, Tirunalli, Ponmudi, Kallar, Bonaccord
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