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Dalbergia candenatensis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia candenatensis (Dennst.) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 7: 49. 1901; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 382(269). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 143. 1984; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 134. 1992; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 212. 2009.
Cassia candenatensis Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 12. 1818.
Drepanocarpus monospermus (Dalz.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 45: 281. 1877.
Dalbergia monosperma Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 36. 1850; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 237. 1876.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kulayeetti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pond Dalbergia
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Description:
Scandent shrubs climbing by means of divaricate lateral twigs often hooked at the ends. Leaflets 5-7, 2-4.5 x 1-1.5 cm, elliptic to obovate, base acute, apex rounded or emarginate, sparsely adpressed hairy beneath; petiolules c. 2 mm long; rachis 2-5 cm long. Inflorescence a simple or branched raceme, 1.8-3.7 cm long, axillary and on lateral abbreviated branchlets. Flowers 5-8 mm long, white. Calyx c. 4 mm long; lobes rounded or obtuse. Petals with claws longer than the calyx; standard ovate, slightly auricled. Ovary linear, stipitate 1-2-ovuled. Pods 2-3 x 1-1.5 cm, falcate-lunate, flat, acute, thick, 1-seeded. Seeds reniform, compressed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Mangrove swamps
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia, China, and Australia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Asram compound, Ashtamudi lake, near Quilon, Kumbolichira, Mangadichira
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