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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH352 : Atylosia platycarpa Benth.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 10  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Atylosia
Species : Atylosia platycarpa
Plant Location in Melghat : Narnala fort  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  
 
Plant Common Name : Sukli Sengha
 
Synonym : Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.)Maesen.
Atylosia geminiflora Dalzell.
Cantharospermum distans Baker.
Cantharospermum geminiflorum (Dalzell)Raizada.
Cantharospermum geminifolium (Dalzell)Raizada.
Cantharospermum platycarpum (Benth.)Raizada.
Description : Twining or trailing herb, branches brownish tomentose. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 3.7-11.5 cm long; leaflets 3.0-6.3 cm long and broad, orbicular, acute or acuminate, sparingly pubescent on both sides; stipels absent; stipules 3-4.5 mm long. Inflorescence a solitary axillary or 2-flowered raceme. Pedicel 0.6-1.0 cm long. Calyx 1.0-1.4 cm long, densely pubescent, teeth, longer than the tube. Corolla 1.2-1.3 cm long. Fruit 2.5-4.0 cm long, 1.2-1.3 cm broad, linear oblong, pubescent, hairs long, with furrows between the seeds, 5-7-seeded. Fl.Per.: July-August.
 
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Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :