Biology:Ormosia travancorica

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Short description: Species of legume

Ormosia travancorica
Ormosia travancorica Govindoo.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Ormosia
Species:
O. travancorica
Binomial name
Ormosia travancorica
Bedd.
Synonyms
  • Placolobium travancoricum

Ormosia travancorica is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.

It is endemic to the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is reasonably common in the South Sahyadri and rare in the Coorg Region of Central Sahyadri.[1] The canopy trees in wet evergreen forests, which generally extend up to 800 m, sometimes extend up to 1200 m in the southern Ghats.

References

  1. Fl. Sylv. 45.1870; Gamble, Fl. Madras 1: 390. 1997 (re. ed); Sasidharan, Biodiversity documentation for Kerala- Flowering Plants, part 6: 140. 2004; Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 480. 1996.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14861306 entry