Dalbergia congesta Graham ex Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dalbergia congesta Wight & Arn.
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare
  • Key identification features : Shrubby climber; flowers white
  • Flower, Fruit : December-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, The Nilgiri district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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=Dalbergia congesta. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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