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Vigna trilobata (L.)Verdc.

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Vigna trilobata (L.)Verdc.
Vigna trilobata (L.)Verdc.
Vigna trilobata (L.)Verdc.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymDolichos trilobatus L.
synonymPhaseolus trilobatus (L.)Schreb.
synonymPhaseolus trilobus Aiton
🗒 Common Names
Hindi
  • मुगनी Mugani
  • मुगवन Mugvan
  • मुंगन Mungan
Malayalam
  • Cheruvidukol
  • Kattupayar
  • Kokkikai
Other
  • African Gram
  • Three-lobe-leaf Cowpea
  • Wild Gram
Telugu
  • Pilli Pesalu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: Herb
      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
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        Twiners, pilose. Leaflets to 3.5 x 2.5 cm, apex obtuse, acute, pilose, basally tri-nerved; petiole 7 cm long, stipule 8 mm, oblong, acute, stipels 3 mm, linear. Racemes axillary, to 15 cm; flowers yellow; bracts 7 mm, lanceolate; calyx tube 1.5 mm, campanulate, lobes 5, 0.5 mm, ovate; corolla 4 mm long; keel 6 x 2 mm, curved, produced to a beak; staminal tube to 4 mm; ovary to 5 mm, pubescent, style curved, bearded at the apex, stigma oblique. Pod 4 x 0.2 cm, terete, puberulus.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: July-December
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Grasslands
            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
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Rocky areas in dry and moist deciduous forests
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Plain areas
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  Indo-Malesia

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kasaragode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                    Global Distribution

                    India: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharastra

                    Indian Distribution

                    Assam

                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                      Maharashtra: Kolhapur
                      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
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                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Siddha
                        Siddha
                        Medicinal
                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2199
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                            📚 Information Listing
                            References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2199
                            1. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                            1. Dolichos trilobatus L., Mant. Pl. 1: 101. 1767.
                            2. Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc., Taxon 17: 172. 1968 & Kew Bull. 24: 560. 1970; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 93. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 137. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 176. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 276. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 161. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 157. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 104. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 52. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 108. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 104. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 315. 2009.
                            3. Phaseolus trilobus Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 201. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 362(256). 1918.
                            Information Listing > References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2199
                            2. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                            3. Dolichos trilobatus L., Mant. Pl. 1: 101. 1767.
                            4. Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc., Taxon 17: 172. 1968 & Kew Bull. 24: 560. 1970; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 93. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 137. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 176. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 276. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 161. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 157. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 104. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 52. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 108. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 104. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 315. 2009.
                            5. Phaseolus trilobus Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 201. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 362(256). 1918.

                            Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

                            Journal of Threatened Taxa

                            Endemic and threatened flowering plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Konkan region of Maharashtra

                            Rujuta Vinod
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                            📚 Meta data
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                            🐾 Taxonomy
                            RootRoot
                            KingdomPlantae
                            PhylumTracheophyta
                            ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                            OrderFabales
                            FamilyFabaceae
                            GenusVigna
                            SpeciesVigna trilobata (L.) Verdc.
                            📊 Temporal Distribution
                            📷 Related Observations
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