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Three leaflets
As recorded for Advi Chekkudu
✿Fabaceae · Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia bracteata

Advi Chekkudu / Field Snoutbean అడవి చిక్కుడు

Telugu name · See all regional names ↓

Habit
Climber
Flowering
August-January
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Advi Chekkudu in regional languages

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Recorded regional names for Advi Chekkudu
LanguageRegional scriptRecorded Latin spelling
Teluguఅడవి చిక్కుడుAdvi Chekkudu
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Telugu
అడవి చిక్కుడు Advi Chekkudu

Ecology & growing context

Native status · Kew WCVP
WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗

Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: India to Indo-China.

Recorded habitat
Evergreen forests
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How to identify Advi Chekkudu

Identify Advi Chekkudu 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: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
  • Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
  • In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
  • Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Advi Chekkudu.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Rhynchosia bracteata
Genus
Rhynchosia
Family
Fabaceae
Habit
Climber
Habitat
Evergreen forests
Habitat type
Forest
Distribution
India, Myanmar
Flowering & fruiting
August-January
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Trifoliate (three leaflets) leaf type
Leaf type
Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
Leaf surface
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded

Typical of the family

Alternate arrangement leaf character
Arrangement
Alternate
Entire margin leaf character
Margin
Entire
Pinnate venation leaf character
Venation
Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Advi Chekkudu itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour
Yellowrecorded

Typical of the family

Raceme inflorescence
Inflorescence
Raceme
Fruit
Legume

Characters marked “recorded” are for Advi Chekkudu itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Advi Chekkudu

Field Snoutbean (Rhynchosia bracteata) is a climber in the Fabaceae family. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.

Illustration representing the Fabaceae family
Botanical family

Fabaceae

Legume/Bean family

Advi Chekkudu belongs to the Fabaceae family.

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