Herbarium JCB

Dolichos trilobus L.

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) : Dolichos falcatus Willd.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dolichos trilobus L.
Vernacular name : Kattupayaru (Tamil); Pilli pesara (Telugu)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Deciduous forests
Comments / notes : On hills up to 1300m and on thickets.
Flower, Fruit : September-March
Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh & Raja K. Swamy
Collection Date : 19/11/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0150
Collection Locality : Palamaneru forest, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, Krishna district, Anantapur district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Hassan district, Mysuru district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Africa, E. Asia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; 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; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
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=Dolichos trilobus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.