• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Basionym : Glycine viscosa Roth
• Synonym(s) : Dolichos glutinosus Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhynchosia viscosa (Roth) DC.
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On hills above 750m, in moist places and on thickets.
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Kadapa district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, Ramanathapuram district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tirunelveli district
• World Distribution : Africa, Madagascar, India, Thailand, Java, Mauritius
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Rhynchosia viscosa. Downloaded on 8 February 2025.

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