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Dalbergia rubiginosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia rubiginosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 115.1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:232.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 382(269). 1918; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 124. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 74. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 140. 1992.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs to 15 m; branchlets pubescent. Leaves alternate, pinnate, 12 x 8 cm; leaflets 2 pairs, 4-6 x 3-4.5 cm, obovate, coriaceous, glabrescent, base cuneate, margin entire, apex obtuse; petiole 2 cm; pubescent, petiolule 6 mm. Panicles axillary, 2.5 x 1 cm; peduncle to 1.5 cm; pubescent; pedicel 1.5 mm. Flowers 4 mm across. Calyx-tube 4 mm, pubescent; upper lobes 1.5 mm; lower one 2 mm. Petals cream; standard oblong-obovate, 4 mm; wings 5 mm, equal to keels. Staminal sheaths 4.5 mm. Stamens 9, monadelphous; filaments to 1.5 mm. Ovary 3 mm, glabrous; style 1.5 mm. Pod oblong-lanceolate, 3.5 x 1 cm, base and apex obtuse, faintly nerved; seed(s) 1 or 2, to 1 x 0.5 cm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
River banks
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kasaragod, Valiyaparathode, Mulleria
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