As recorded for Ban Kulatha
Atylosia scarabaeoides
Ban Kulatha / Showy Pigeonpea मास लहरी
Nepali name · See all regional names ↓
Also known as Peanut Grass, Tropical Clover
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering
- August-March
Ban Kulatha in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | Not recorded | Ban Kulatha, Ban Kurti, Bankullhi |
| Malayalam | Not recorded | Kattumuthira |
| Nepali | मास लहरी | Maas Laharee |
See the original recorded names
- Bengali
- Ban Kulatha, Ban Kurti, Bankullhi
- Malayalam
- Kattumuthira
- Nepali
- मास लहरी Maas Laharee
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, Nicobar Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Cajanus scarabaeoides. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Comoros, W. Madagascar, India to S. China and N. Australia.
- Recorded habitat
- Scrub, moist and dry deciduous forests; also in plains
- Explore nearby plants
- Uttarakhand →Jharkhand →Madhya Pradesh →
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How to identify Ban Kulatha
Identify Ban Kulatha by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Kulatha itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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