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Cytisus scoparius
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 241. 1823.
Spartium scoparius L., Sp. Pl. 709. 1753.
Sarothamus scoparius (L.) W.D.J. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. (ed. 1) 152. 1837.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Scotch broom
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Description:
Well-branched shrub; branches 5-angled. Leaves 3-foliolate at base, simple above, subsessile, adpressed-pubescent; leaflets elliptic-oblong to obovate, 18 x 4 mm. Flower axillary, solitary, 3 x 2 cm; pedicel 1 cm, glabrous. Calyx glabrous, half as long as pedicel; lobes 5 mm, abaxial lobe 2-toothed. Corolla bright yellow, shortly clawed; standard 2 x 2 cm; wings and keels 2 x 1 cm. Stamens 10, monadelphous; sheath 1 cm; 6 stamens longer, 4 shorter. Ovary 1 cm, densely white pubescent with elongate hairs; style 2 cm, curved. Pod to 3.5 x 0.8 cm, black, hairy along sutures.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Forest plantations and degraded forest areas
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Distribution:
Native of Mediterranean regions, naturalised in India
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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:
Yes
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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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