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Archidendron monadelphum var. gracile
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) Nielson var. gracile (Bedd.) Sanjappa, Legumes India 62. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 169. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 242. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 338. 2009.
Pithecellobium gracile Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 44. 1864; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 435(308). 1919; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 151. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 189. 1990.
Abarema monadelpha (Roxb.) Kosterm. var. gracile (Bedd.) Kosterm., Bull. Org. Natuur. Ord. Indonesia 20: 50. 1954.
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Description:
Slender shrubs or small trees. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, pinnae 1, opposite, leaflets 2-6, opposite, 6.5-12 x 2.5-5 cm, ovate, caudate acuminate, base unequally acute, margin entire, chartaceous; stipules inconspicuous; rachis 10-11 cm long, slender, pulvinate, pubescent, with a gland near its base; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, prominent, secondary lateral also prominent; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, white, in globose heads in terminal panicles; bracteoles lanceolate. Calyx short campanulate, lobes 4. Petals 4, basally connate. Stamens 4, monadelphous, much exserted; ovary sessile, style filiform, stigma minute, ovules many.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Palakkad, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Ponavattaria, Chandanathode, Bhavani river bank, Konnakadu, Nadugani ghats
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