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Mucuna monosperma
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Mucuna monosperma DC. ex Wight, Bot. Misc. 2: 346. Suppl. t.12. 1831; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 185. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 355(251). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 153. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 149. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 166. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 216. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 98. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 215. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 110. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 186. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 298. 2009.
Carpopogon monospermum (DC. ex Wight) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 283. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malanthalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stout climbers; stems terete. Leaflets to 11 x 6.5 cm, ovate, abruptly acuminate, rounded to subcordate at base, hispid below; nerves 4-6 pairs; petiole 7 cm long; stipules ovate, densely hispid. Racemes to 10 cm long, drooping. Flowers few, greenish white; calyx 15 mm long, lobes lanceolate, hairy, standard 1 cm across, orbicular; wings 3 cm long, linear-oblong, curved. Pods 6.5 x 6 cm, woody, compressed, winged along the margins, transversely ridged on sides, densely covered with strong reddish-brown bristles.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Violet
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kallar, Rosemala, Uppupara, Kalleli, Begur, Mukkali forests, Vaniampuzha
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