Sophora wightii Baker

 
  • 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) : Sophora heptaphylla sensu Wight, non L. 1753.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sophora wightii Baker
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Margins of shola forests
  • Key identification features : Small tree
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Collection Nos : Sedgwick 2904
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature : Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; 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=Sophora wightii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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