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Millettia peguensis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Millettia peguensis Ali, Kew Bull. 21: 489. 1968.
Millettia ovalifolia Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 68. 1873.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Moulien Rose Wood
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Description:
Small deciduous trees. Leaf imparipinnately compound, 15-20 cm long; leaflets 5-7, 3-7 cm long, elliptical, obtuse, acute to acuminate, petiolule ca 4-6 mm long; stipels absent. Inflorescence a raceme, ca 5-20 cm long, flowers solitary or fascicled; bract absent. Bracteoles ca 1 mm long. Pedicel ca 4-7 mm long. Calyx ca 1-2 mm long, glabrous except the margin, teeth inconspicuous. Standard petal 7-8 mm long, glabrous, auriculate. Disc absent. Ovary pubescent, ovules many. Fruit linear, ca 6.5- 9 cm long, ca 1.5 cm broad, glabrous to subglabrous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Thrissur, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant and ornamental tree
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Distribution:
Native of South 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, Violet
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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:
Yes
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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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