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Dalbergia congesta
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia congesta Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 265. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 232. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 382(269). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 135. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 91. 1999.
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Description:
Young branchlets and inflorescence tawny-pubescent, lenticellate. Leaves 10-11 cm; leaflets 5-11, upper to 5 x 2.5 cm, lower smaller, elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse; emarginate, base rounded, pubescent when young, later glabrous; petiole to 3 cm, petiolule 3 mm. Panicles axillary, to 10 cm, pubescent; flowers yellowish-white; bracts 2 mm, ovate, persistent; bracteoles 2, 2 mm, pedicel 1 mm; calyx 5 mm, campanulate, subequal; standard petal 7 x 4 mm, orbicular, emarginate, clawed; wings 3 x 2 mm, sagitate, clawed to 4 mm; keel boat shaped; staminal tube 4 mm, filaments 2 mm, alternately longer and shorter; ovary 6 mm, stipitate, glabrous, ovule 1. Pod oblong, flat, 1-seeded.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vanchikulam
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