- Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
- Synonym(s) : Caesalpinia monosperma Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Caesalpinia wynaadensis B.Heyne ex Wall.; Mezoneuron grande B.Heyne ex Wall.; Mezoneuron macrophyllum Benth. ex Miq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Caesalpinia cucullata Roxb.
- Common name : Brasiletto climber
- Vernacular name :
- Mullodu balli (Kannada)
- Kaka-kalingi-valli, Verimullu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional up to 1000m. A massive liana on lofty trees
- Key identification features : Stem with conical corky protuberances bearing a pair of hooked thorns
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Collection Nos : KFP 10651, HFP 1465
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Satara district
- Odisha : Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Port Mout,Long and Wimberleygunj Islands
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Malaysia, Andaman (India), China, Indo-China, Thailand
- 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
- C. E. C. Fischer, 1921 - A Survey of the Flora of Anaimalai Hills in the Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
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- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Caesalpinia cucullata. Downloaded on 2 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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