Pan India Bouquets

Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Synonym(s) : Atylosia pauciflora (Wight & Arn.) Druce; Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.) Benth.; Atylosia scarabaeoides var. argyrophylla S.S.Cheng ex Y.T.Wei & S.K.Lee; Atylosia scarabaeoides var. queenslandica Domin; Atylosia scarabaeoides var. typica Domin; Cajanus scarabaeoides var. argyrophyllus (S.S.Cheng ex Y.T.Wei & S.K.Lee) Y.T.Wei & S.K.Lee; Cantharospermum nervosum Royle ex Baker; Cantharospermum pauciflorum Wight & Arn.; Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (L.) Koord.; Cantharospermum scarabaeoideum Baill.; Desmodium biflorum DC.; Dolichos minutus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Dolichos scarabaeoides L.; Glycine mollis Willd.; Rhynchosia biflora DC.; Rhynchosia mollis (Willd.) DC.; Rhynchosia scarabaeoides (L.) DC.; Stizolobium scarabaeoides Spreng.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars
Common name : Showy Pigeonpea, Peanut grass, Tropical clover
Vernacular name : Ban kulatha, Ban kurti, Bankullhi (Bengali); Kattumuthira (Malayalam)
Habit : Twining herb
Habitat : On dry rocks and sand, 1370 - 1650 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flower, Fruit : June-January
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Comoros, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Comoros, West Madagascar, India to South China, Queensland and Pan Africa
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 102; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 703-704
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cajanus scarabaeoides. Downloaded on 4 July 2022.

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