Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Atylosia albicans (Wight & Arn.)Benth. |
| synonym | Cajanus wightii Wight & Arn. |
| synonym | Cantharospermum albicans Wight & Arn. |
🗒 Common Names
| No Data |
📚 Overview
Description
Twiners; branchlets white-canescent. Leaflets 3-4.5 x 2-4 cm, obovate, apex rounded, base obtuse, grey pubescent below, nerves ca. 4 pairs, laterals oblique; petiole to 2-4 cm, petiolule 2 mm, pubescent, stipules 3 mm. Racemes lax, to 4 cm; bracts 3 mm; calyx tube 3 mm, lobes 1.5 mm, triangular, pubescent; petals persistent, yellow. Pod 3.5 x 1 cm, transversally flattened, grey pubescent, strongly mucronate.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Climbing shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Deciduous forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| 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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
- Cantharospermum albicans Wight & Arn., Prodr. 256. 1834 p.p.
- Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) van der Maesen, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85-4: 55. 1985; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 99. 1992; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 267. 2009.
- Cajanus wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 256. 1834.
- Atylosia albicans (Wight & Arn.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 243. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 215. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 369(260). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 126. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 136. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 89. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 84. 1999.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
- Cantharospermum albicans Wight & Arn., Prodr. 256. 1834 p.p.
- Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) van der Maesen, Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85-4: 55. 1985; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 99. 1992; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 267. 2009.
- Cajanus wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 256. 1834.
- Atylosia albicans (Wight & Arn.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 243. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 215. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 369(260). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 126. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 136. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 89. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 84. 1999.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Cajanus |
| Species | Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) Maesen |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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