| |
Rhynchosia cana
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
|
| |
Citation: Rhynchosia cana (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 2: 386. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 222. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 374(264). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 237. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 157. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 103. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 219. 2002.
Glycine cana Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1063. 1802.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Subshrubs; branchlets glandular, pubescent. Terminal leaflets to 5 x 2.5 cm, laterals 3 x 1.5 cm, ovate, acute, inequilateral, pubescent; stipule 2 mm, lanceolate. Flowers axillary, in pairs, yellow; pedicels 5 mm, deflexed; bracts 1.5 mm; calyx tube 2 mm, lobes 3 and 1 mm, lanceolate, pubescent; corolla 8 mm long; staminal tube 5 mm; anthers uniform; ovary pubescent, stigma capitate. Pod 1.5 x 0.7 cm, oblong, puberulus to glabrous; seeds 1 or 2.
|
| |
Habit:
Shrub
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
|
| |
District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
|
| |
Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
Yellow
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
-300
|
| |
Localities:
Nellimedu, Kottur R.F., Kappukadu
|