Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MC032 : Atylosia rugosa

Plant Category : Climbers

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 11

Synonym : Cajanus rugosus (Wight & Arn.) Maesen.;

Plant Common Name : Wal kollu

Plant Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae

Description : Trailing or weak climbing vines. leaves digitately trifoliate, of two sizes; leaflets ovate or obovate, rugose and pubescent above, sericeous lanate below, the larger leaflets about 3 X 3 cm, rounded apically, occasionally emarginated, cuneate basally. Inflorescence 1 – 3 flowered, sericeous tomentose, flowers yellow. Fruit sericeous, 2 – 4 seeded. Seeds ovoid, dark brown.

Plant Location in Melghat : Frequent throughout Dhargad area and Narnala

Medicinal Use / Activity : Analgesic and anti-inflammatory

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: -

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Addition to the Flora of Melghat By Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar & Vinod D. Devarkar - FLORA by Saldanha, 1984; - FLORA by Rao & Razi, 1981, Mysore; - FLORA by Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990, Coorg

Reference :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae
Genus : Atylosia
Species : rugosa

rugosa