- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Basionym : Dalbergia scandens Roxb.
- Synonym(s) : Pterocarpus scandens (Roxb.) Kuntze; Solori scandens (Roxb.) Sirich. & Adema; Brachypterum timorense (DC.) Benth.; Dalbergia robusta Miq. ex Benth.; Dalbergia timoriensis DC.; Dalbergia venusta Zipp. ex Span.; Deguelia timoriensis (DC.) Taub.; Derris scandens var. saharanpurensis (Thoth.) Thoth.; Derris scandens var. shanicus Thoth.; Derris scandens var. toppinii Thoth.; Derris timorensis (DC.) Pittier; Derris timorensis var. saharanpurensis Thoth.; Galedupa frutescens Blanco; Millettia litoralis Dunn; Pongamia coriacea Graham; Solori scandens var. saharanpurensis (Thoth.) Kottaim.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Miq.
- Common name : Hog Creeper
- Vernacular name :
- Gonj (Hindi)
- Handhi balli (Kannada)
- Thekil, Thegil, Ponili, Tirani, Thirudankodi (Tamil)
- Nallatiga, Choratalibadu, Chirukatige, Suruli, Mottasirili (Telugu)
- Kentia, Kamocho, Mohagano (Oria)
- Panivalli, Poonjali, Ponnamavalli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Tropical thorn forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, Littoral and tidal swamp forests, sacred groves
- Comments / notes : Occasional in plains and in scrub jungles along river banks to 750m.
- Key identification features : Woody climber with imparipinnate leaves and white or pale rose flowers
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh, Siddarth
- Collection Date : 26/10/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0122
- Collection Locality : Bakharapet ghat, Talakona-Tirupati road, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Prakasam district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Jagatsinghpur district, Puri district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Burdwan, Hooghly, Howrah, South 24-Parganas (Sundarbans)
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 148
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Derris scandens. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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