• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Synonym(s) : Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp. paniculata (Roxb.) Thoth.; Amerimnon paniculatum (Roxb.) O.Ktze.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp. paniculata (Roxb.)Thoth.
• Vernacular name : Dhobin, Passi (Hindi); Beelugada mara (Kannada); Velluruvai, Panivagai, Arivaagai (Tamil); Sopera, Porla, Patsaru (Telugu); Dhobani, Sujuni, Barbakulia, Girishkala, Babukila, Dhobbi, Sojania-pati-tinia, Barahbakla (Oria); Shisavi (Marathi); Meruthi, Pachilamaram, Painganni, Pinekanni, Velleetty, Vettuthol (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests, hill slopes and scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : On dry deciduous slopes and foothills of scrub jungles up to 1200m.
• Flower, Fruit : February-October
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Khurda district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Myanmar, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 paniculata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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