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Pajanelia longifolia
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Pajanelia longifolia (Willd.) K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 244. 1895; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 210. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 294. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 270. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 327. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 293. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 557. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 335. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 339. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 332. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 229. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 484. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 289. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 223. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 498. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 372. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 525. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 600. 2009.
Bignonia longifolia Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 306. 1800.
Pajanelia rheedei Wight, Ic. tt. 1343,1344. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 384. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1000(702). 1924.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aralantha, Azhantha, Pajaneli, Palakapayyani, Payani, Payyazhantha
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 20 m high, bole unbranched to a considerable height; bark 2-3 cm thick, pale grey, shining, pustular lenticels in vertical rows. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, leaflets 7-17, opposite, 17-25 x 7-12 cm, ovate, apex acuminate, base oblique, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; rachis to 100 cm, glabrous, stout; petiolule 3-7 mm, channelled above, glabrous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, crimson-purple, white within, in large terminal recemose panicles. Calyx 4.5 cm long, campanulate, lobes 5, rusty tomentose. Corolla 9 x 8 cm, tube 6-8 cm long, base narrow, broadly ventricose, lobes 5, subequal, crisped. Stamens 4, free, didydynamous with a rudimentary fifth, filaments arching, slender; anthers equal, oblong. Ovary 0.5-1 cm long, 2-celled, oblong; ovules many; placenta thin at centre; style 6 cm long; stigma 2 lobed. Fruit a capsule, 2 valved, 30-45 x 5-7.5 cm, brown, winged on both margins, compressed, smooth; seeds 2.5 x 1.5 cm, flat, papery, winged on both sides.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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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):
Creamy, Yellow
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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:
400-700
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Rosemala, Thekkady, Thunakkadavu, Kannoth, Taliparamba, Mandhampatti-Mukkali, Thalichola, Pandanad, Attayar
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