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Dolichos trilobus
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Dolichos trilobus L., Sp. Pl. 726. 1753; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 150. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 80. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 141. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 185. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 160. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 167. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 208. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 103. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 96. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 177. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 289. 2009.
Dolichos falcatus Klein ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1047. 1802; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 211. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 366(259). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattamara, Kattumuthira
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender climbers, stems strigose. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets unequal, to 7 x 5.5 cm, broadly deltoid-ovoid, hairy, stipellate; petiole to 6 cm long. Racemes 4 cm long, 2-flowered; bracts ovate, acuminate. Flowers yellow; calyx 6 mm long, upper 2 lobes connate, hispid; petals yellow; standard 15 mm broad, orbicular, retuse; wings 15 x 10 mm, obovate, spurred at base; keel 14 x 5 mm, oblong, beaked; stamens 9+1; ovary oblong; style densely bearded above. Pods 5.5 x 0.8 cm, curved, compressed, 6-8-seeded.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and savannahs
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Distribution:
Africa and East Asia
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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:
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Localities:
Mangavada, Thekkady, Thannikkudy, Pisiadamala, Campshed area, Valiyaparathode, Upper Moozhiar, Tirunalli, Tolpetty, Olavakkot, Pooyamkutty, Valanthode
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