Kachlora
Archidendron monadelphum
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Mizoram
- Flowering
- January-July
How to identify Kachlora
Identify Kachlora by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Stamens fused into a single tube (monadelphous).
- Confirm leaf shape: Feathery bipinnate leaflets.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Mizoram.
- Confirm it sits within the Mimosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kachlora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Archidendron monadelphum
- Genus
- Archidendron
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malayan Archipelago, Philippines (Nayar 2006), S.W.India, E.Himalayas (Saldanha 1984)
- Distribution
- India, Eastern Himalayas, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Mizoram
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Feathery bipinnate leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kachlora itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Archidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae).” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kachlora itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- कचलोरा kachlora, kavhlota
- Kannada
- Kaddu kondemara
- Malayalam
- Attaparanta; Kattukonna; Mutha; Muthakolappan; Pannivaka; Varikiri
- Marathi
- kachlor
- Sanskrit
- aragvadha
- Tamil
- Kalpakku, kattaki
- Mizo
- Ardah-te
About Kachlora
Kachlora (Archidendron monadelphum) is a tree in the Mimosaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya and Mizoram. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to July.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Kachlora belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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