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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Paracalyx scariosus - (Roxb.) Ali
Family
Papilionaceae
Common Name
Ban Ghevada, Ran Ghewra
Habit
Climber
Synonym
Cylista scariosa Roxb.
Habitat
Dry deciduous forest
Color Of Flower
Pale yellow
Key Characters
Stipules not adnate to petiole; pods included within calyx
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Calyciflorae
 
Order :
Rosales
Plant Description

Annual or perennial woody climber, branchlets slender, densely pubescent, stipules small, deciduous, scarious, stipulate, leaves 3 foliolate, gland dotted below, up to 10 cm, terminal leaflet rhomboid or deltoid, laterals ovate, slightly oblique, densely, valvety pubescent on both surfaces, base obtuse, apex acuminate, margine entire; petiole up to 5 cm, bract large membranous, flowers in dense or lax, axillary racemes or panicles, upto 7 cm long; pedicel short; calyx long, pubescent, campanulate, teeth accrescent, scarious, lowest largest, boat shaped; corolla yellow, slightly exserted; petals clawed, standard auricled at base, wings oblong, keels incurved; stamens diadelphous, dimorphous; ovary subsessile; style filiform; stigma capitate; pods not jointed, oblique, 1-2 seeded.

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