• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Galactia tenuiflora
• Variety : tenuiflora
• Basionym : Glycine tenuiflora Willd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn.
• Vernacular name : Banakaolata (Ori.)
• Collection Nos : FAP 40377
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 02/10/10
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Deciduous forest
• Habit : Climber
• Flower, Fruit : September-January
• Comments : Occasional on open hill slopes amongst rocks and boulders in shallow soil up to 1000 m. Also along road cuttings of the ghats.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Tiruchirapalli district, Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Anantagiri Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Galikonda Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Guntur district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Koraput district, Ganjam district, Khurda district, Gandhamardan Hills (Bargarh district), Kalahandi district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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=Galactia tenuiflora var. tenuiflora. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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