• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
• Species : Caesalpinia decapetala
• Synonym : Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb.
• Basionym : Reichardia decapetala Roth
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston
• Common name : Mysore thorn
• Vernacular name : Aila, Uri, Relu, Kando (Hin.); Kurudu gejjuga (Kan.); Sirukarchi, Sirukalacchi, Purrhadukki (Tam.); Gadda Korinda, Korinda (Tel.); Gilo (Ori.)
• Habit : Liana
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Native : Tropical & sub-tropical Asia
• Comments : On hills up to 1400 m, near cultivations, forest clearings etc.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Coimbatore district, Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Keonjhar district (Odisha State); Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State)
• World Distribution : Tropical and sub-tropical Asia; Naturalized in other tropics
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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=Caesalpinia decapetala. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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