About Bell Pea
Ormosia travancorica is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is reasonably common in the South Sahyadri and rare in the Coorg Region of Central Sahyadri. The canopy trees in wet evergreen forests, which generally extend up to 800 m, sometimes extend up to 1200 m in the southern Ghats.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ormosia travancorica
- Genus
- Ormosia
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Malai Manchedi
- Kannada
- Betta Manjadi
- Malayalam
- മലമഞ്ചാടി
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Bell Pea belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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