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Millettia rubiginosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Millettia rubiginosa Wight & Arn., Prodr. 263. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 104. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 322(227). 1918; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 166. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 215. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 155. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 93. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 145. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 98. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 109. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 97. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 214. 2002.
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Description:
Large woody climbers; stem yellow pubescent. Leaves pinnately 3-5-foliolate; leaflets to 20 x 8 cm, ovate-oblong, acuminate at apex; minutely golden brown hairy, petiole to 10 cm long; stipule ovate; stipel filiform. Flowers in axillary simple or branched racemes; bracts ovate; calyx campanulate, 3 mm long, minutely lobed, standard 13 x 10 mm, obovate, emarginate, densely fulvous hairy on back; wings 10 mm long, oblong, with two patches of golden hairs; keel similar to wings; stamens 9 + 1; anthers uniform; ovary sessile, few-ovuled. Pods ca. 8 x 4.5 cm, obovate, compressed, woody, densely hairy; seeds 1-3, compressed, ovoid.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-1100
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Mlappara, Poonkavanam, Kariamchola, Kothala, Irutukanam, Ayyappankovil-Kaikatty area, Ponmudi, Merchiston, Thenmalai, Teppakulam, Attayar, Koviltherimala, Kurisumala
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