• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Basionym : Hedysarum lagopodioides L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Uraria lagopodoides (L.) DC.
• Common name : Tick trefoil
• Vernacular name : Pithavan (Hindi); Kola panna (Telugu); Krishnaparni, Chintamani, Ghursae (Oria); Orila, Cheriya-orila (Malayalam)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Occasional in forests and wastelands
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district, Mayurbhanj district, Dhenkanal district
  • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Australia and Pacific Islands
• 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; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Uraria lagopodoides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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