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Dalbergia volubilis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dalbergia volubilis Roxb., Corom. Pl. 2: 48. t.191. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 235. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 384(270). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 145. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 124. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 135. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 75. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 155. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 142. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 137. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 97. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 90. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 201. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 279. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Mrithi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbers; stem softly hairy. Leaves 8-10-foliolate; leaflets to 3 x 1.5 cm, obovate-oblong, obtuse at apex, glabrous. Panicle 25 x 10 cm, terminal. Flowers 10 mm across, bluish-pink; calyx 5 mm long, lobes ovate, acute, hairy; standard 8 mm across, reflexed; keel 5 x 3 mm, glabrous; stamens isodiadelphous. Pod to 3.5 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, obtuse at apex, shortly cuspidate, stalked, glabrous; seed solitary.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
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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):
Pink
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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:
400-750
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Chimmini, Vazhani, Kattalappara, Kulathupuzha, Karuvara, Parambikulam, Agali, Dhoni R. F., Vallakkadavu, Nelluyampathy forests, Chindaki forest, Madathara, Kasaragod, Punalur, Edacode, Damsite, Begur, Karimbam, Tolpetty, Olipara fore
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