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Aeschynomene indica
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Aeschynomene indica L., Sp. Pl. 713. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 151. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 313(234). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 84. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 136. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 124. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 157. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 145. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 168. 1991; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 75. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 134. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 88. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 197. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 264. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nellithali, Nettithakkai, Thakkapundu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect, annual herbs upto 1 m tall; branchlets glabrous to hispid. Leaves 4-10 cm long; leaflets 15-30 pairs, subsessile, 2.5-7 x 1-2 mm, linear-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base oblique, apex obtuse, apiculate; stipules 5-10 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, peltate. Flowers 7-10 mm long in 1-4-flowered axillary racemes; pedicel to 5 mm long; bracts c. 5 mm long, ovate, acuminate, bracteoles 2-3 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 4-5 mm long, deeply 2-lipped, glabrous. Corolla exserted, pale yellow; standard orbicular, red-striped; wing obovate; keel to 7x3 mm, oblong. Staminal sheath to 4 mm long. Ovary to 6 mm long; ovules many; style c. 3 mm long. Pods 2.5-3.7 x 0.4-0.5 cm, linear, compressed, straight or curved with 4-8 joints, long stalked, sometimes muricate. Seeds 2.5-3.5 mm long, reniform, dark brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and waterlogged areas in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropics, probably native in South East United States
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pambavalley, Baveli, Pannamgatri-Nemmara, Pattanakadu
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