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 |
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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 |