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Desmodium ferrugineum ssp. wynaadense
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Desmodium ferrugineum Wall. ex Thw. ssp. wynaadense (Bedd. ex Gamble) Ohashi, Ginkgoana 1: 126. 1973; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 76. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 153. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 192. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 99. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 49. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 174. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 283. 2009.
Desmodium wynaadense Bedd. ex Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 346(244). 1918.
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Description:
Shrubs; stem fulvous hairy. Leaflets subequal, to 8 x 3 cm, elliptic oblong, acute at either ends, glabrous above, tawny villous below; stipules 12 mm long, lanceolate, subulate above. Racemes to 20 cm long, axillary; rachis spreading-villous; pedicels 10 mm long, slender; bracts 10 mm long, ovate, acute. Flowers many, bluish pink; calyx 5 mm long, lobes unequal, hairy; standard 8 mm across, pink; wings 7 mm long, blue. Pods 2-3 x 0.5 cm, entire on either sutures; joints 8-10, reticulate, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
Blue
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vellimala, Vavalala, Pachakkanam, Campshed area, Kakki hills, Ampumala, Muthappanpuzha
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