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Galactia tenuiflora var. villosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Galactia tenuiflora (Klein ex Willd.) Wight & Arn. var. villosa (Wight & Arn.) Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 192. 1876; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 180. 1992.
Galactia villosa Wight & Arn., Prodr. 207. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 357(252). 1918; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 187. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 97. 1999.
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Description:
Slender climbers, stem retrorsely hairy. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets to 6.5 x 2 cm, oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, lower surface appressed hairy; petiole to 4.5 cm; stipules lanceolate, c. 4 mm long, villous. Flowers small in axillary, clustered racemes, up to 10 cm long; bracts ovate-acute, c. 1.5 mm. Calyx lobes lanceolate, subequal, villous without. Petals yellow; standard orbicular-retuse, c. 3 mm across; wings 2.5 x 1.5 mm. Stamens (9) +1. Pods to 3.5 x .3 cm, sparsely appressed pubescent, 6-8 seeded.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Africa, India and China
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kathitheetimala, Sivapura
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