Herbarium JCB

Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.) Ali

Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Faboideae
Basionym : Cylista scariosa Roxb.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.) Ali
Common name : Ran Ghevada
Vernacular name : Kadle naaru (Kannada); Ran-ghevda (Marathi); Alisogurmottu, Sogurmottu (Malayalam)
Habit : Liana
Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests
Comments / notes : Occasional on hedges on hills from 800-1300m.
Flower, Fruit : January-May
Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & Navendu Page
Collection Date : 27-02-2016; 28-02-2016
Collection Nos : HJCB-0555; HJCB-0574
Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD); Barbera to Balugaon road, Khurda district (OD)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Idukki district
- Odisha : Angul district, Puri district, Nayagarh district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
World Distribution : India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan
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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
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=Paracalyx scariosus. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.