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Vigna vexillata var. vexillata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Vigna vexillata (L.) A. Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Fist. Polit. Nat. Cuba 11: 191. 1845, var. vexillata; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:206. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 364(257). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 160. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 89. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 141. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 177. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 277. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 118. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 52. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 104. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 316. 2009.
Phaseolus vexillatus L. , Sp. Pl. 724. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattuzhunnu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender climbers. Leaflets to 4.5 x 2 cm, ovate, acute at apex, rounded at base, strigose hairy; petiole 4 cm long; stipule cordate at base. Flowers solitary or 2-3 together. Calyx 9 mm long, strigose hairy; lobes lanceolate. Petals yellow; standard 3 x 3 cm, orbicular, wings 25 x 12 mm, auricled at base; keel 25-30 mm long, strongly spurred on lateral side. Pods 5.5 x 0.5 cm, densely brown-hispid.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kottayam, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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
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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:
Kumarikulam, Thekkady, Pezha, Damsite, Trisselari, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Olichuchattam
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