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Vigna vexillata (L.)A.Rich.

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Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Flower
Flower
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Inflorescence
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymDolichos cylindricus Desv.
synonymDolichos vexillatus (L.)Kunth
synonymPhaseolus capensis Sensu Thunb.
synonymPhaseolus glycinaeformis Weinm.
synonymPhaseolus humifusus Savi
synonymPhaseolus pulniensis Wight
synonymPhaseolus quadriflorus A.Rich.
synonymPhaseolus sepiarius Dalzell
synonymPhaseolus vexillatus L.
synonymPlectrotropis hirsuta Schum. & Thonn.
synonymStrophostyles capensis E.Mey.
synonymVigna capensis (Thunb.)Burtt Davy
synonymVigna carinalis Benth.
synonymVigna crinita A.Rich.
synonymVigna davyi Bolus
synonymVigna dinteri Harms
synonymVigna dolichoneura Harms
synonymVigna golungensis Baker
synonymVigna hirta Hook.
synonymVigna lobatifolia Baker
synonymVigna phaseoloides Baker
synonymVigna scabra Sond.
synonymVigna senegalensis A.Chev.
synonymVigna thonningii Hook.f.
synonymVigna tuberosa A.Rich.
synonymVigna vexillata var. hirta (Hook.)Baker f.
synonymVigna vexillata var. pluriflora Franch.
synonymVigna vexillata var. thonningii (Hook.)Baker
synonymVigna vexillata var. yunnanensis Franch.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Banoria Urahi
English
  • Zombi Pea
Other
  • Halunda (Marathi)
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb/ Undershrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Contributors 
admin
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
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    📚 Natural History
    Cyclicity
    Flowering: August -September Fruit ripen: September - October
    Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
    Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Morphology
      A slender twiner with fusiform tuberous root. Leaves compound, 3 - foliate. Flowers are generally consisted at the end of peduncles appear to as head. Exists upto 5000 ft. high. Flowers are purple; pods 3 - 4 inches by 2.5 inches, slightly compressed and covered with dark brown hairs
      Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
      Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat
        Plain areas
        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Description
          Global Distribution

          India: Assam, Maharastra

          Indian Distribution

          Kaziranga

          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
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            No Data
            📚 Occurrence
            No Data
            📚 Uses and Management
            Uses

            System of Medicines Used In

            Ayurveda
            Ayurveda
            System Of Medicines Used In

            Ayurveda

            FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2203
            Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2203
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              The seeds are used as pulse. Tuberous roots are eaten cooked
              Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
              Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
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                📚 Information Listing
                References
                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2203
                Information Listing > References
                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2203

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                Journal of Threatened Taxa

                DOCUMENTATION OF WILD PLANT TUBERS AS FOOD RESOURCES IN HASSAN DISTRICT, KARNATAKA

                Dr. G. M. Prashanth Kumar

                Plant species composition on two rock outcrops from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

                Journal of Threatened Taxa
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                📚 Meta data
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                🐾 Taxonomy
                RootRoot
                KingdomPlantae
                PhylumTracheophyta
                ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                OrderFabales
                FamilyFabaceae
                GenusVigna
                SpeciesVigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich.
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