✿Fabaceae · Dolichos
Kattumuthira / Sickle Bean
Dolichos trilobus
ClimberMedicinal
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- September-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dolichos trilobus
- Genus
- Dolichos
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Africa, E. Asia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattumuthira itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattumuthira itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kattumuthira, Kattamara
About Kattumuthira
Sickle Bean (Dolichos trilobus) is a climber in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka and 5 other states. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Kattumuthira belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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