Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) Ohashi

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Basionym : Hedysarum motorium Houtt.
  • Synonym(s) : Desmodium motorium (Houtt.) Merr.; Hedysarum motorium Houtt.; Codariocalyx gyrans (L.f.) Hassk.; Codariocalyx gyrans var. roylei (Wight & Arn.) Schindl.; Codariocalyx motorius var. glaber X.Y.Zhu & Y.F.Du; Codariocalyx motorius var. roylei (Wight & Arn.) Ohashi; Desmodium gyrans (L.f.) DC.; Desmodium gyrans var. roylei (Wight & Arn.) Baker; Desmodium roylei Wight & Arn.; Hedysarum gyrans L.f.; Hedysarum saliens Salisb.; Meibomia gyrans (L.f.) Kuntze; Pseudarthria gyrans (L.f.) Hassk.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H.Ohashi
  • Common name : Telegraph Plant, Indian Telegraph Plant
  • Vernacular name :
    • Aelemudure, Naagathagare, Nagar gare (Kannada)
    • Tozhunganni, Thandichedi, Tolukanni (Tamil)
    • Nagathakara, Ramanamapacha, Thozhukanni (Malayalam)
    • Nageswar, Ban chandal (Bengali)
    • Dudli (Hindi)
    • Thozhuganni, Touganni (Telugu)
    • Tuani-themtang (Mizo)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in hills as an undergrowth along stream banks up to 1000m; The Telegraph plant owes its name to the fact that the leaflets especially the lateral ones when exposed to sunlight exhibit spontaneous jerky movements. Sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
  • Key identification features : Erect undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : August-February
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 17/09/1980
  • Collection Nos : KFP 12259
  • Collection Locality : Bannerghatta
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kurnool district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Kandhamal district, Nayagarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • 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
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • 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
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 105
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 670
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Codariocalyx motorius. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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