• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Alysicarpus bupleurifolius
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC.
• Vernacular name : Kaasukkodi (Tam.)
• Collection Nos : KFP 3838
• Collector(s) Name : S.R. Ramesh & S.B.Manohar
• Collection Date : 24/10/78
• Collection Locality : B.R.Hills, Chamarajnagar distict, Karnataka
• Habitat : Deciduous forest
• Key identification features : Herbaceous erect plants. Leaves cordate-rounded at base. Flowers are in grouped racemes. Calyx long, lobed. Corolla bluish-violet. Fruit is a small, smooth pod.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : September-December
• Comments : On stream banks in shade or on exposed slopes. Common in open forests.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : B.R.Hills (Chamarajnagar district), Bellary district (Karnataka State); Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Anantapur district (Andhra Pradesh State); Odisha State
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangaldesh, Myanmar, China, Malesia, Philippines, Mauritius, Polynesia
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Alysicarpus bupleurifolius. Downloaded on 31 March 2025.

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