Mucuna monosperma DC. ex Wight

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species : Mucuna monosperma
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mucuna monosperma Wight
  • Common name : Elephant scratch wort
  • Vernacular name : Aane ippe balli, Nisaranga (Kan.); Enuga dulagondi, Peddadulagondi (Tel.); Sarni, Tekka, Bai donka (Ori.); Kapikachhu (San.)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Comments : Occasional on hill slopes, in dry and moist deciduous forests and also in damp forests.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Punyagiri Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Minimaluru Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Gajapati district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Rayagada district, Koraput district, Puri district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • 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=Mucuna monosperma. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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