Herbarium JCB

Derris trifoliata Lour.

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) : Derris uliginosa (Roxb.) Benth.; Galedupa uliginosa Roxb.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Derris trifoliata Lour.
Vernacular name : Tigekranugu, Nauatige, Chirathelathige (Telugu); Ketia, Swanlata (Oria); Kammattivalli, Ponumvalli (Malayalam)
Habit : Liana
Habitat : Mangrove forests and backwaters
Comments / notes : Along stream banks, canals and sea coasts
Key identification features : Flowers pink
Flower, Fruit : January-October
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Krishna district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Kendrapara district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, Villipuram district, Thanjavur district
Native : Madagascar
World Distribution : India, Andaman & Nicobar (India), S.Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mascarene Islands, Sub-Tropical Asia, Australia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
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 et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; 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; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
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=Derris trifoliata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.