MC050 : Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.) |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
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| Class |
: Equisetopsida |
| Order |
: Fabales |
| Family |
: Fabaceae |
| Genus |
: Paracalyx |
| Species |
: Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.) |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Dharni tehsil |
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| Plant Category : |
Climbers |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
UNCOMMON |
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| Plant Family : |
Fabaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Ran Ghevada; |
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| Synonym : |
Cylista scariosa Roxb.
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| Description : |
Twiners, extensive; stems and branches woody, finely downy or tomentose. Leaflets 3.2–10.0 x 2–6 cm, terminal rhomboid, laterals obliquely ovate, velvety pubescent, apex acute, base rounded. Flowers yellow, in axillary peduncled racemes. Pods oblique, downy, 1–seeded. Raan ghevda is a climbing shrub which can grow up to a height of 2-5 meters. It has a woody stem and hairy, twinning branches. Leaves are divided into three leaflets. Leaflets are about 5-10 cm long. The terminal leaflet is rhomboid, and bigger than the others. Flowers occur in 10-15 cm long panicles arising out of leaf axils. Sepal tube is greenish white and boat-shaped. The yellow flower tube is concealed beneath it. Flowering: November-February. |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhole PA and Bhogaonkar PY; "Additions to the Fabaceae of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), Maharashtra, India"; Int. J. of Life Sciences (2015); 3(3): 260-262 PMID :
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