Cajanus trinervius (DC.) Maesen

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Basionym : Collaea trinervia DC.
  • Synonym(s) : Atylosia major Wight & Arn.; Atylosia trinervia var. major (Wight & Arn.) Gamble
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cajanus trinervius (DC.) Maesen
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Margins of shola forests
  • Flower, Fruit : November-January
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Wayanad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cajanus trinervius. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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