✿Fabaceae · Teramnus
Blue Wiss
Teramnus labialis
ClimberMedicinal
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- July-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Teramnus labialis
- Genus
- Teramnus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Blue Wiss 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 Blue Wiss itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Blue Wiss
Blue Wiss (Teramnus labialis) is a climber in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 8 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Blue Wiss belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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