Vigna grahamiana (Wight & Arn.)Verdc., Kew Bull. 24: 562 (1970) (syn: Dolichos grahamianus (Wight & Arn.)Niyomdham; Dolichos subcarnosus Wight & Arn.; Phaseolus grahamianus Wight & Arn.);
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Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Tropical Africa, India to Thailand, Sri Lanka: Bangladesh, Burundi, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO (Wajira grahamiana (Wight & Arn.) Thulin & Lavin);
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Bangladesh (I); India (N); Karnataka; Kerala; Orissa; Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka (N); Thailand (N) as per ILDIS;
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Common name: Graham’s Wild Pea
Twiners. Leaflets 2.5-5 x 1.5-4 cm, deltoid, apex acuminate, mucronate, base broadly ovate, appressed, pubescent; stipules 5 mm, ovate, stipels 2 mm, lanceolate. Racemes axillary; flowers blue; bracts 3 mm, ovate; calyx 2-labiate, tube 4 mm, upper lip emarginate, lower 3-lobed, lobes 2 mm; standard petal 1.2 x 1.5 cm, orbicular; wings 1.5 x 0.7 cm, obovate; keel 2.5 cm, connate, spirally coiled; staminal tube 1 cm, filaments 15 mm long; ovary 1 cm, linear, style 1.5 cm, coiled, bearded, stigma oblique. Pod 12 x 0.3 cm, linear, thickened at the margins; many seeded.
Evergreen forests
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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Pl. check Dysolobium pilosum or similar species or genera.
Any lead in the matter so far ?
No Sir. I expect experts in Fabaceae to help.
Were leaves pubescent or glabrous?
Unable to help further.
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References: POWO (Wajira grahamiana (Wight & Arn.) Thulin & Lavin) Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 ILDIS GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of Zimbabwe Flora of peninsular India Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Kerala plants centralafricanplants
