Ban Kulatha / Showy Pigeonpea
Atylosia scarabaeoides
Also known as Peanut Grass, Tropical Clover
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering
- August-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Atylosia scarabaeoides
- Genus
- Atylosia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Scrub, moist and dry deciduous forests; also in plains
- Native to
- India, Southeast Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Australia, Africa
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Kulatha itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“scarabaeoides has a higher pod seed percentage, 74% compared to 20%, and has more multiseed pods, on average 6.04 seeds compared to 3.0 seeds” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Kulatha itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- Ban Kulatha, Ban Kurti, Bankullhi
- Malayalam
- Kattumuthira
- Nepali
- मास लहरी Maas Laharee
About Ban Kulatha
A member of the Fabaceae family, Showy Pigeonpea (Atylosia scarabaeoides) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh. It grows in scrub, moist and dry deciduous forests; also in plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Ban Kulatha belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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