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Vigna grahamiana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Vigna grahamiana (Wight & Arn.) Verdc., Kew Bull. 24: 562. 1970; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 158. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 140. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 176. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 273. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 107. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 314. 2009.
Phaseolus grahamianus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 244. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 201. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 362(256). 1918.
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Description:
Twiners. Leaflets 2.5-5 x 1.5-4 cm, deltoid, apex acuminate, mucronate, base broadly ovate, appressed, pubescent; stipules 5 mm, ovate, stipels 2 mm, lanceolate. Racemes axillary; flowers blue; bracts 3 mm, ovate; calyx 2-labiate, tube 4 mm, upper lip emarginate, lower 3-lobed, lobes 2 mm; standard petal 1.2 x 1.5 cm, orbicular; wings 1.5 x 0.7 cm, obovate; keel 2.5 cm, connate, spirally coiled; staminal tube 1 cm, filaments 15 mm long; ovary 1 cm, linear, style 1.5 cm, coiled, bearded, stigma oblique. Pod 12 x 0.3 cm, linear, thickened at the margins; many seeded.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
Pink, Violet
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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:
Churullipetty, on way to Panoth, Mukkali forests, Attapady block-Mukkali
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