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Ormocarpum cochinchinense (Lour.)
Merr
Synonym
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Dalbergia diphaca Pers.
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Family
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Fabaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam- Elumbotti
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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August-November
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Distribution
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South and South East Asia
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Distribution in Kerala
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Kasaragode, Idukki, Kannur, Thrissur,
Palakkad, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen
forests
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Uses
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Used for curing bone fracture
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Key botanical characters:
Erect subshrubs. Leaves pinnately 10-13-foliolate;
leaflets alternate, 2-3 x 1.2 cm, obovate-oblong, obtuse; petiole slender;
stipule ovate. Flowers in slender axillary, 6-10 cm long, racemes; bracts
ovate; calyx 6 mm long, lobes ovate, acute, hairy; corolla 8 mm, long, pink;
standard clawed, wings 5 x 4 mm, orbicular, auricled; stamens monadelphous,
spitting later; ovary linear, many-ovuled, hispid. Pods 2-3 cm long, 1-4
jointed; joints oblong with soft echinate process.  |
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