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Chamaecrista mimosoides
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4:27.1899; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Subtribe Cassiinae 67. 2001; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 107. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 323. 2009.
Cassia mimosoides L., Sp. Pl. 379. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 266. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 403(285). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 95. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 162. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 144. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 92. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 165. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 144. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 220. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 181. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 17. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 165. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 116. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 163. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 107. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 234. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 122. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 112. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 231. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 198. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 255. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruthakara, Padarchunda, Theemullu
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Description:
Shrubs or herbs, young stem, rachis often appressed hairy. Leaves spirally arranged or distichous, paripinnate, 4-8 cm long; leaflets opposite 24-50 pairs, 3-6 x 1-2 mm, linear-oblong, oblique at base, margins ciliate; rachis with a sessile gland near the base; stipules linear 5-8 mm long. Flowers solitary or many-flowered, racemes, axillary or supra axillary; peduncle 1-2 cm long; bracts ovate, 3-6 mm long; bracteoles scarious; pedicels 0.5-1.5 cm long. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 4-5 mm long. Petals 5, yellow, 5-8 mm long, obovate. Stamens 10, alternate short and long. Ovary linear, densely silky hairy, stigma truncate. Pods 3-6 x 0.4-0.5 cm. plano-compressed, thickened along sutures, elastically dehiscent; seeds c. 20, ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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:
300-750
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Ponmudi, Kattalappara, Chinnar, Ichampetty, Vallakkadavu, Pezha, Chembotti, Pathenthode, Moozhiar, Plapally, Parassanikkadavu, Taliparamba, Chandanathode, Sappal hill-Dhoni R. F., Kottur R.F., Kanichukulangara, Pooyamkutty, Vadapuram, Vandalod
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