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Dalbergia pseudo-sissoo
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia pseudo-sissoo Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 128. 1855; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 144. 1984; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 139. 1992; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 200. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 168. 2005.
Dalbergia championii Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 95. 1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 231. 1876.
Dalbergia rostrata Graham ex Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 10: 60, t.36. 1905; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 382(269). 1918.
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Description:
Leaflets round at base, brown on drying. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicled cymes. Peduncles and pedicels brown pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 0.4-0.5 cm long, 5-toothed, scattered hairy without, densely ciliate on margins. Petals creamy white, 0.6-0.7 cm long; wing petals with scaly foldings. Stamens monadelphous, usually 9. Ovary 0.2-0.25 cm, laterally compressed, densely hairy without; style 0.2-0.25 cm long, curved; stigma finely tubercled.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-September
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District(s):
Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along the banks of rivers
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Creamy
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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:
500-700
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Localities:
Ranni, Thannithode, Thekkuthode, Bonaccord
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