Habit: Undershrub
Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.)H.Ohashi
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Codariocalyx gyrans (L.f.)Hassk. |
synonym | Desmodium gyrans (L.)DC. |
synonym | Desmodium gyrans var. roylei (Wight & Arn.)Baker |
synonym | Desmodium motorium (Houtt.)Merr. |
synonym | Desmodium roylei Wight & Arn. |
synonym | Hedysarum gyrans L.f. |
synonym | Hedysarum motorium Houtt. |
synonym | Hedysarum motorius Houtt. |
synonym | Meibomia gyrans (L.f.)Kuntze |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
A semi-herbaceous and somewhat variable undershrub, usually 4-5 ft hig; stems terete, indistinctly striate, green, glabrous, usually unbranch. Leaves normally 3 foliate; petiole 0.5-1.5 in. long; stipules 0.3-0.6 in. long, subulate with a broad base, erect, striate. Terminal leafets 1.5-4 by 0.3-1.5 in., oblong or oblong lanceolate, obtuse at both ends, quite entire, rathermembranous, almostglabrous and often with irrigular. glaucous blotches above, glaucous and more or less densely adpressed-pubescent beneath; main lateral nerves 7-10 on either half, oblique, arched, very slender. Lateral leaflets when present 0.25-0.7 by 0.05 -0.12 in., rotating by jerks underatmospheric stimules; petiolules 0.06-0.15 in. lng, slender stipeles about the same length, very slender. racemes axillaryand terminal, the lateral often branced, 26 in. long; pedicels 0.2-0.3 in. long, finely downy; bracts about 0.25 in., caducous, ovate-cuspidate, concealing the flower buds. calyx 0.1 in. long, campanulate; Corolla 0.25 -0.4 in. long, dull purple. Stamens diadelphous. Pod 1-1.7 by 0.2 in., falcate, sub-glabrous or glabrescent.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist 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
Grasslands
Description
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar
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 |
Assam (Brahmaputra valley), Khasi, Jaintia and Garo hills.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983
- Kanjilal, U.N., Kanjlal, P.C., & Das, A. (1938) Fora of Assam. Vol-II. Bishen Sing Mohendra Pal Singh, Dehradun (India).
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983
- Kanjilal, U.N., Kanjlal, P.C., & Das, A. (1938) Fora of Assam. Vol-II. Bishen Sing Mohendra Pal Singh, Dehradun (India).
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Codariocalyx |
Species | Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H.Ohashi |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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