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Parochetus communis D.Don

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GENUS: Parochetus D.Don

Parochetus communis D.Don [Preferred name]
    Cosmiusa repens Alef. {Synonym}
    Parochetus maculata R.Br. {Synonym}
    Parochetus major D.Don {Synonym}
    Parochetus oxalidifolius Royle {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Shamrock Pea [2080, 2086]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (N) [3443]; Sichuan [3443]; Xizang Zizhiqu [3443]; Yunnan [3443]; India (N) [1914, 1937, 1947, 3027, 3037, 3040, 3041, 3140, 3142, 3143, 3144]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [1914]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3041]; Karnataka [1914]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [1914]; Punjab [3143]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3037]; Indonesia (N) [1937, 3898, 4006]; Bali [4006]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1937]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Sri Lanka (N) [1587, 1937]; Thailand (N) [3454]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2080]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane bamboo thicket. [210];
    Afromontane forest [210];
    Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 467, 1587, 1937, 1947, 2080, 2086, 3443, 3898] ; Distribution Map [3467] ; Illustration [24, 210, 220, 1937, 1947, 2086, 3593, 4006]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D, 2005-06 Roskov YR ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1587]; Medicine [3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.

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210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

467.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1953
    Flore Du Congo Belge 4. Genisteae,Sophoreae.

1587.

  Rudd, V.E., 1980
    A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 1:428-458 Fabaceae

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1937.

  Thuan, N. et al., 1987
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2080.

  Webb, C.J. et al., 1988
    Flora of New Zealand Vol IV

2086.

  Horn, P.E. & Hill, G.D., 1987
    What Legume is That?

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
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3037.

  Chaudhuri, A.B., 1993
    Forest Plants of Eastern India

3040.

  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3041.

  Polunin, O. & Stainton, A., 1984
    Flowers of the Himalayas

3140.

  Chowdhery, H.J. & Wadhwa, B.M., 1984
    Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.1

3142.

  Deb, D.B., 1961
    Dicotyledonous plants of Manipur territory 3(3&4):253-350

3143.

  Bamber, C.J., 1915
    Plants of the Punjab

3144.

  Naithani, B.D., 1984
    Flora of India series 3. Flora of Chamoli. B.S.I. Calcutta

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

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  Wei, Z. & Huang, Y.Z., 1998
    Galega &... In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 42(2) (Leguminosae 5)

3454.

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    Specimen in Herb. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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  Dy Phon, P., 1981
    Adansonia 3:111-119. Taxons nouveaus pour la flore de l'Indo

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  Matthew, K.M., 1996
    Illustrations on the Flora of the Plain Hills, South India.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

4006.

  Van Steenis, C.G.G.J., 1972
    The Mountain Flora of Java. Brill, Netherlands.

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