Rhynchosia rothii Benth. ex Aitchison

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Synonym(s) : Rhynchosia sericea Span. non Hook. & Arn. 1853
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhynchosia rothii Benth. ex Aitch.
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Open areas in Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : October-February
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district,
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • 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
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhynchosia rothii. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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