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Rhynchosia viscosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Rhynchosia viscosa (Roth) DC., Prodr. 2: 387. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 225. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 375(265). 1918; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 170. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 241. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 104. 1999.
Glycine viscosa Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 349. 1821.
Dolichos glutinosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 312. 1832.
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Description:
Climbing herbs, pubescent. Terminal leaflets to 8 x 7.5 cm, laterals to 7.5 x 6 cm, rhomboid-elliptic, unequally ovate, acuminate, hirsute; petiole to 8 cm, petiolule 3 mm, stipules 8 mm, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent. Racemes axillary, to 20 cm, pubescent; flowers reddish-yellow; pedicels 3 mm; calyx tube 3 mm, upper two connate, lobes 2 mm, triangular, hirsute, lower 6 mm; standard petal 1.5 x 1 cm, orbicular, clawed, pubescent, emarginate; wings 1 x 0.4 cm, appendaged; keel united; staminal tube 8 mm; anthers 1 mm, unequal; ovary 5 mm, pubescent, style 9 mm, basally hairy, stigma oblique. Pod acute at apex, with persistent style; seeds 2.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Africa, Madagascar, India, Thailand and Java
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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:
Kathitheetimala, Ichampetty, Agali, Attapady block-Mukkali, Walayar
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