Dumasia villosa DC.

 
  • 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) : Dumasia congesta Wight & Arn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dumasia villosa DC.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pullooran-charadu-kodi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : On hills above 1400m on thickets by Shola border
  • Comments / notes : Occasional
  • Key identification features : A slender climber; flowers yellow; pod velvety
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Tropical Africa, temperate and Tropical Asia
  • 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
    • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dumasia villosa. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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