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Caesalpinia globulorum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Caesalpinia globulorum Bakh.f. & van Royen, Blumea 12: 62. 1963; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 121. 1995.
Caesalpinia jayabo Maza., Ann. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19:234.1890, nom. illeg.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 394(279). 1919; Subram., Indian For. 96: 527. 1970.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kazhanchi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large straggling shrubs. Leaves abruptly bipinnate, without stipules; leaflets 5-8 cm long, elliptic-oblong, acute. Flowers yellow, in axillary or terminal recemes or panicles; bracts cubulate, .62 cm long. Calyx of 5 sepals, connate at base in a disk-lined tube; the lowest sepal concave outermost. Petals 5, narrow orbicular or oblong, clawed, the uppermost smallest. Stamens 10, free, declinate; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, few-ovuled; style filiform; stigma terminal. Pods 10-13 cm long, 5cm broad, covered with wiry prickles, oblong, inflated; seeds 1-3, hard, globose, grey.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Banks of rivers
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Polynesia
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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:
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Localities:
Vandalodu
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