Kulata / Least Snoutbean
Rhynchosia minima
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- November-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rhynchosia minima
- Genus
- Rhynchosia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- TrifoliaterecordedA compound leaf made of exactly three leaflets.“The leaves are made up of three leaflets measuring up to 3 to 3.5 centimeters long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kulata itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“The inflorescence is a raceme of up to 15 flowers.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kulata itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- कुलटा kulata, कुलथी kulthi
- Tamil
- காலியாந்துவரை kali-y-an-tuvarai, காட்டுக்கொள் kattu-k-koli, துவரைவகை thuvaraivakai, கல்யாணதுவரை
- Telugu
- గడ్డి చిక్కుడు gaddi-chikkudu
- Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಟದವರೆ bettadavare, ಘಟ್ಟದವರೆ ghattadavare
- Marathi
- धाकटा रानघेवडा dhakta ranghevada
About Kulata
Least Snoutbean (Rhynchosia minima) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and 13 other states. It grows in scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to February.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Kulata belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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