Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.)Ali

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Paracalyx Ali
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [1914][1938][3007][3009][3099]

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Other names:

• Cylista scariosa Roxb. [Synonym] [1914][1938][3009][3099]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
  • 1998(S Asia)Kumar S & Sane PV

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Uses:

• Medicine [3034] [3035]
  
• Miscellaneous [1938]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Asia [1914] [1938] [1944] [3007] [3015] [3016] [3017] [3018] [3019] [3020] [3021] [3024] [3025] [3027] [3029] [3033] [3035] [3049] [3091] [3093] [3094] [3096] [3097] [3098] [3099] [3100] [3101] [3108] [3113] [3114] [3115] [3116] [3117] [3118] [3119] [3120]
  • Burma [1914] [3007]
  • India [1914] [1944] [3007] [3015] [3016] [3017] [3018] [3019] [3020] [3021] [3024] [3025] [3027] [3029] [3033] [3035] [3049] [3091] [3093] [3094] [3096] [3097] [3098] [3099] [3100] [3101] [3108] [3113] [3114] [3115] [3116] [3117] [3118] [3119]
    • Andhra Pradesh [3015] [3093]
    • Bihar [1914] [3016]
    • Goa [3094]
    • Gujarat [3017]
    • Karnataka [1944] [3018] [3019] [3020] [3021] [3093] [3096]
    • Kerala [3113]
    • Madhaya Pradesh [3029] [3033] [3049]
    • Maharashtra [3019] [3024] [3097] [3098] [3099] [3100] [3101] [3108] [3114] [3115] [3116]
    • Orissa [3025] [3093]
    • Tamil Nadu [3027] [3093] [3117]
    • Uttar Pradesh [3035]
    • West Bengal [3091] [3118] [3119]
  • Nepal [1914] [3007]
  • Pakistan [1914] [1938] [3120]

• Indian Ocean [1915]
  • Mauritius [1915]

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Notes:

• Cultivated on Mauritius during the 18th & 19th Centuries; no recent records. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:46:58