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Rhynchosia rufescens
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Rhynchosia rufescens (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 2: 387. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 220. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 373(263). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 91. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 170. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 240. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 151. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 218. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 113. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 103. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 100. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 219. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 304. 2009.
Glycine rufescens Willd., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4:222. 1803.
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Description:
Subshrubs with trailing branches, glandular-hairy. Leaflets 6.5 x 2.5 cm, ovate, acute, rounded at base; petiole 4-5 cm long; stipules ovate. Flowers in short racemes. Calyx 8 mm long, lobes oblong, obtuse. Petals included, yellow; standard 7 mm diam., orbicular, glabrous; wings 5 mm long, oblong. Pods 7 x 5 mm, ovoid, turgid, minutely hispid; seed-1, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and moist deciduous 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
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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:
-350
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Localities:
Churullipetty, Mangaladevi, Vengoli, Attapady block-Mukkali, Koomanpara, Chathankode
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