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Mezoneuron hymenocarpum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Mezoneuron hymenocarpum Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1166: 233. 1897; Subram. et al., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 86: 271. 1989.
Caesalpinia hymenocarpa (Prain) Hattink, Reinwardtia 9: 35. 1974; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 11. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 161. 1996.
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Description:
Shrubs or climbers; stems puberulent or glabrous, armed with recurved prickles; stipules minute, scale-like, about 0.5 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide; leaves bipinnate with main axis 20-40 cm long; pinnae 6-10 pairs, each pinna with about 10-18 leaflets; leaflets opposite or alternate, ovate to obovate-oblong, 1.1-2.8 cm long, 0.5-1.6 cm wide, rounded to retuse at the apex, asymmetrically rounded to cuneate at the base, puberulent to glabrous on both surfaces; inflorescences racemose or paniculate, axillary or terminal, many-flowered; bracts minute, caducous; flowers about 7-10 mm long on pedicels 8-15 mm long; calyx with sepals 6-10 mm long, ciliate; petals yellow, about 7-8 mm long; stamens exserted to about 7-17 mm long; ovules 4-6; fruit indehiscent, oblong or elliptic, compressed, 6-15 cm long, 2-3(-4) cm wide including a marginal wing about 6-8 mm wide along the dorsal suture, (1-)3-6 seeded; seeds ellipsoid, compressed, about 5-10 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, 1 mm thick.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Forest plantations
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka, South East Asia 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:
Yes
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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:
Vazhachal
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