• 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) : Teramnus labialis var. mollis Baker
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Teramnus mollis Benth.
• Vernacular name : Mashoni, Mashparui (Hindi)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional
• Key identification features : Twining herb
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia
• 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; 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=Teramnus mollis. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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