Smithia hirsuta Dalzell

 
  • 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) : Smithia blanda var. racemosa "Baker, FBI 1876, p.p."
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Smithia hirsuta Dalzell
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Collection Nos : KFP 4602, KFP 4603, CS 1518
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • World Distribution : Himalayas, Peninsular India
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984; 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=Smithia hirsuta. Downloaded on 4 November 2025.

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