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Millettia splendens
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Millettia splendens Wight & Arn., Prodr. 263.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:104.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 321(227). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 84. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 166. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 215. 1992.
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Description:
Large woody climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, 7-9 pinnate, leaflets up to 17 x 6 cm, obovate, bluntly acuminate, cuneate, glabrous above, silky pubescent beneath, especially when young; main nerves 15-25 pairs. Flowers pink, fascicled on long terminal racemes; bracts and bracteoles usually small, caduceus. Calyx toothed. Petals much exserted; standard not auricled at the base. Stamens monadelphous. Pod flat, velvety, pubescent, up to 10 x 2 cm; endocarp not separable.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-September
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District(s):
Palakkad
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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):
Red
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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:
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Localities:
Pisiadamala
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