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Moullava spicata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Moullava spicata (Dalz.) Nicolson in Manilal, Bot. Hist. Hort. Malab. 181. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 164. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 167. 1988; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 146. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 183. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 33. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 237. 1997.
Caesalpinia spicata Dalz., Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 90. 1851; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 162. 1996; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 321. 2009.
Wagatea spicata (Dalz.) Wight, Ic. t. 1995. 1853; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 261. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 397(281). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 98. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 224. 1990.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Poomullu valli, Kakka-kalingavalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Candy Corn Plant
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Description:
Scandent shrubs with sharp scattered prickles. Leaves alternate, 30 cm long, pinnae 4 or 5 pairs; leaflets 5 or 6 pairs, to 4 x 2.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, base rounded or cordate, glabrous above, pale beneath. Racemes panicled, to 50 cm long; flowers subsessile. Calyx scarlet, lobes oblong, obtuse, densely puberulous. Petals ovate-spathulate, reticulately veined, orange-yellow, ca. 1 cm long. Alternate stamens long and short, filaments pilose at base. Ovary pubescent; ovules 4-6; stigma shortly 2-lobed. Pods linear-oblong, subtorulose, to 5 x 1.5 cm; seeds 3 or 4.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-January
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kollam, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, in open areas
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Distribution:
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):
Yellow, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Vazhachal, Vazhani, Sappal hill-Dhoni R. F., Taliparamba, Chengalayi, Vaniampuzha
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