- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Spatholobus parviflorus
- Synonym : Butea parviflora DC.; Spatholobus roxburghii Benth.
- Basionym : Butea parviflora Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Spatholobus parviflorus (DC.) Kuntze
- Vernacular name : Dhal (Hin.); Mukkate balli (Kan.); Pilacchivalli (Tam.); Modugu, Athambu (Tel.); Polosha, Gach Palas, Palasho, Poresu, Palasha, Palasa (Ori.)
- Key identification features : Densely foliaceous massive liane growing across the crown of trees.
- Habit : Liana
- Flower, Fruit : August- March
- Comments : Occasional along hill slopes in moist deciduous forests up to 1400 m.
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Gandhamardan Hills (Bargarh district), Kandhamal district, Bolangir district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia
- 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 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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=Spatholobus parviflorus. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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