Archidendron monadelphum (Roxb.) Nielsen

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BABOOL FAMILY (बबूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Mimosoideae
  • Basionym : Mimosa bigemina L.
  • Synonym(s) : Mimosa bigemina (L.) Neilson; Pithecellobium bigeminum (L.) Mart.; Pithecellobium monadelphum (Roxb.) Kosterm.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Archidendron bigeminum (L.)I.C.Nielsen
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kaadu konde mara (Kannada)
    • Kattukonna, Muthakolappan, Pannivaka, Varikiri, Atthaperantha (Malayalam)
    • Kalpakku (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Frequent in semi-evergreen to wet deciduous forests of Western Ghats.
  • Key identification features : An unarmed tree, leaves bipinnate, petiole 3-4 cm long with gland above the middle, pinnae 1-2 pairs, up to 15 cm long, glands between all leaflets, leaflets 3-4 pairs, 15cm long, 5 cm broad, flowers white, pod circinate, brown outside, orange red within
  • Flower, Fruit : January-July
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy; T.P.Ramamoorthy, K.N.Gandhi
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6584, KFP 6850, HFP 248, HFP 2671
  • Collection Locality : Shiradi border (Hassan)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • 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=Archidendron monadelphum. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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