Ormosia travancorica Bedd.
synonym | Placolobium travancoricum (Bedd.)Yakovlev |
Kannada |
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Malayalam |
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Other |
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Tamil |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Habit
Trees up to 30 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark brownish, smooth.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets flat or subterete, glabrous; young parts fulvous tomentose.
Leaves
Leaves compound, imparipinnate, alternate, spiral and clustered at twig ends; stipules caducous; petiole 2.5-5.5 cm long, pulvinate; rachis 6-11 (-25) cm long; petiolule 0.4-0.8 cm long, canaliculate; leaflets 7-9, subopposite, lamina 4.5-10 x 2-3.5 cm, usually elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes the terminal one narrow obovate, apex acuminate sometimes caudate-acuminate with blunt tip in young trees, base acute, margin undulate in young trees, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib canaliculate above, stout beneath; secondary nerves ca. 7 pairs, slender, often impressed above in thick mature leaflets; tertiary nerves reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers pale pink in axillary racemes.
Fruit and Seed
Pod, elliptic, inflated, 12 x 6 cm long, beaked; seeds solitary, scarlet.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Palakkad
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- Ormosia travancorica Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 45. 1870; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 253. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 390(275). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 223. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 148. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 98. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 111. 1998.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- Ormosia travancorica Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 45. 1870; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 253. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 390(275). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 223. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 148. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 98. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 111. 1998.
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Ormosia |
Species | Ormosia travancorica Bedd. |