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Cajanus lineatus
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Cajanus lineatus (Wight & Arn.) van der Maesen, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85-4:143. 1985; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 101. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 131. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 85. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 268. 2009.
Atylosia lineata Wight & Arn., Prodr. 258. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 213. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 368(260). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 138. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 126. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 69. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 147. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 31. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 89. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 157. 2005.
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Description:
Erect shrubs, branchlets silky tomentose. Leaves alternate; leaflets 3-4 x 1.5 cm, obovate or rhomboid, apex mucronate, base acute, 3-ribbed, grey tomentose below, subsessile; petiole to 1.5 cm long. Flowers to 1.5 cm long, yellow, in axillary pairs. Calyx tomentose, lobes deltoid, acuminate. Ovary densely villous. Pods to 2 x 0.8 cm, densely hairy; seeds 3.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
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):
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Pachakkanam, Vallakkadavu, Karimala, Chandanathode, below Punnamala, Kakki hills, Teerthundamala, Valiyaparathode
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