• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhynchosia beddomei Baker
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Rare
• Flower, Fruit : November-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
• Native : India
• Endemism : South India
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Nayar, M.P. & Sastry, A.R.K. 1990. Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Vol. 1-3. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• 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=Rhynchosia beddomei. Downloaded on 9 February 2025.

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