Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.)
Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.)
Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.)
MC050 : Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.)
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Cylista scariosa Roxb. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ran Ghevada; |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Twiners, extensive; stems and branches woody, finely downy or tomentose. Leaflets 3.2–10.0 x 2–6 cm, terminal rhomboid, laterals obliquely ovate, velvety pubescent, apex acute, base rounded. Flowers yellow, in axillary peduncled racemes. Pods oblique, downy, 1–seeded. Raan ghevda is a climbing shrub which can grow up to a height of 2-5 meters. It has a woody stem and hairy, twinning branches. Leaves are divided into three leaflets. Leaflets are about 5-10 cm long. The terminal leaflet is rhomboid, and bigger than the others. Flowers occur in 10-15 cm long panicles arising out of leaf axils. Sepal tube is greenish white and boat-shaped. The yellow flower tube is concealed beneath it. Flowering: November-February. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dharni tehsil |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhole PA and Bhogaonkar PY; "Additions to the Fabaceae of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), Maharashtra, India"; Int. J. of Life Sciences (2015); 3(3): 260-262 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Paracalyx |
| Species | : Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.) |