Herbarium JCB

Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich.

Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Faboideae
Basionym : Phaseolus vexillatus L.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich.
Vernacular name : Kattuzhunnu (Malayalam)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
Flower, Fruit : March-April
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, HAN, Uttara Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district
World Distribution : Tropics
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Saldanha, 1984; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Sasidharan, N. 2011.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=Vigna vexillata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.