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Rhynchosia suaveolens
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Rhynchosia suaveolens (L. f.) DC., Prodr. 2: 387.1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:221.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 374(264). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 241. 1992; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 104. 1995.
Glycine suaveolens L. f., Suppl. Pl. 326. 1781.
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Description:
Viscous hairy erect undershrubs. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate; leaflets up to 8 cm long, acute, ovate acuminate. Peduncles axillary, 2-flowered; flowers yellow; bracts usually caducous; Calyx not accrescent, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equal. Petals included or exserted. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, usually 2-rarely 1-ovuled; style long, filiform, much incurved; stigma capitate. Pod indented without between the seeds and with a partition within; seeds 2, strophiolate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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Localities:
Ariankavu
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