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Vigna pilosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Vigna pilosa (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 207. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 365(257). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 159. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 275. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 157. 1996; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 193. 2005.
Dolichos pilosus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 312. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattucherupayar, Kattupayar
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Leaflets ovate-lanceate, 8-12 by 4-5.5 cm, base subcordate, apex gradually acute-apiculate, pubescent, basally 3-nerved, chartaceous. Racemes short-peduncled. Flowers to 15 mm long; calyx-lobes unequal; corolla pinkish-red, exerted. Pods straight or slightly curved, cylindric, densely pilose, apex beaked. Seeds 8-12, reniform.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thrissur, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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, White
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Vellanimala, Thekkuthode, Kannoth, Nedumpoyil
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