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Shuteria vestita

Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 207 (1834) (syn: Galactia debilis Hassk. ; Galactia rotundifolia Blume ex Miq. ; Glycine glabrata Steud. ; Glycine vestita Graham ; Shuteria densiflora Benth. ; Shuteria glabrata Wight & Arn. ; Shuteria involucrata f. densiflora (Benth.) H.Ohashi ; Shuteria involucrata f. vestita (Wight & Arn.) H.Ohashi; Shuteria involucrata var. glabrata (Wight & Arn.) H.Ohashi ; Shuteria involucrata var. vestita (Wight & Arn.) H.Ohashi; Shuteria involucrata var. villosa (Pamp.) H.Ohashi ; Shuteria pampaniniana Hand.-Mazz. ; Shuteria rotundifolia Miq. ; Shuteria vestita var. densiflora (Benth.) Baker ; Shuteria vestita var. glabrata (Wight & Arn.) Baker ; Shuteria vestita f. glabrata (Wight & Arn.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi ; Shuteria vestita var. villosa Pamp. );
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China (Yunnan, Guangxi) to Tropical Asia: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Cameroon, Jamaica, Kenya as per POWO;
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commonly known as: hairy shuteria • Gujarati: જંગલી વાલ jungli val • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಅವರೆ kaadu avare • Konkani: रान पापडी ran papdi • Malayalam: കാട്ടു അമര kaattu amara • Marathi: रान पापडी ran papdi • Tamil: காட்டு அவரை kattu avarai • Telugu: అడవి చిక్కుడు adavi chikkudu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/shuteria-vestita-wight-arn.html
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Keys as per Flora of China
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Fabaceae Climber for ID– 06022014- PKA-Feb-14 :  12 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (4).

Seen this climber en-route Mullayangiri (Karnataka),
Date/Time: 25-01-2014 / 11:00AM
Habitat: Wild
Plant Habit: Climber
Family: Fabaceae

Thanks for sharing very interesting plants dear …
You got a large treasure during this trip.

Yes …, trip was really good, i have few more plants to share.. Thanks..

Any possibility of this to be Spatholobus purpureus……

No chance for Spatholobus.. Its a woody cliber, leaflets are 5 and more; flowers deep purple(almost blue); and the fruits are characteristically winged.
I suspect, some sp. of Dolichos

This is possibly Shuteria involucrata or Amphicarpaea. Most probably it is the former one.

… has rightly brought the ID to Shuteria.
I go for Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn.,which differs from S. involucrata (Wall.) Wight & Arn. in having hairy pods, which is the exact case in … pic.
Unfortunately, bot S. vestita is treated as a synonym for S. involucrata in The Plant List  

Thanks … for showing this plant, I was looking for this for long, though I had once collected this from Morni Hills… unfortunately I do not have any pics of the same….

Thanks … and … for resolving the ID…. For me this was my first sighting of this plant.. Thanks again…

Taxonomy of this species seems quite confused.
Sites treating both as a single species:
Sites treating both as different species:
Which one to follow for our website ?
Attigundi Road Karnataka
Date: 14 NOV 2016 … Altitude: ~ 1450 – 1600 m (4750 – 5250 ft) asl
ID please … … (family: Fabaceae)

Dear friends,
Leguminous climber with wiry stem, trifoliate-leaved, leaflets variegated at their mid-veins.
Inflorescence arising from leaf axils, tiny flowers – about 2-3 mm across.

Please check for Shuteria species. Closer to S.involucrata.
S.involucrata in eFI.

Thank you very very much … for the guidance.
Going with Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. found listed at Digital Flora of Karnataka.
Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. is listed as synonym of Shuteria involucrata (Wall.) Wight & Arn. at The Plants List, however extract (attached here) from flora referred by Digital Flora of Karnataka states otherwise.
Attachments (2)

Madikeri Coorg, Karnataka
Date: 23 FEB 2017 … Average elevation: ~ 1117 m (3667 ft) asl
Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. … (family: Fabaceae)

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Names of Plants in India :: Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn.:
Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn.

shu-TER-ee-uh — named for James Shuter (1775-1826), English physician, botanist and plant collector in India … Plant genera named after people (1753-1853) by José A. Mari Mut
VES-tee-tuh or ves-TEE-tuh — clothed, dressed … Dave’s Botanarycommonly known as: hairy shuteria • Gujarati: જંગલી વાલ jungli val • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಅವರೆ kaadu avare • Konkani: रान पापडी ran papdi • Malayalam: കാട്ടു അമര kaattu amara • Marathi: रान पापडी ran papdi • Tamil: காட்டு அவரை kattu avarai • Telugu: అడవి చిక్కుడు adavi chikkudubotanical names: Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. … synonyms: Shuteria glabrata Wight & Arn. • Shuteria involucrata var. glabrata (Wight & Arn.) H.Ohashi • Shuteria involucrata var. vestita (Wight & Arn.) H.Ohashi … listed at POWO, retrieved 22 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
hairy shuteria
  • for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 02, 2024
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
જંગલી વાલ jungli val
  • name coined, for want of name; જંગલી jungli = wild; વાલ val = bean … named for its wild-growing habit, and its morphological similarity to bean plant
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಾಡು ಅವರೆ kaadu avare
  • name coined, for want of name; ಕಾಡು kaadu = wild; ಅವರೆ avare = bean … named for its wild-growing habit, and its morphological similarity to bean plant
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
रान पापडी ran papdi
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കാട്ടു അമര kaattu amara
  • name coined, for want of name; കാട്ടു kaattu = wild; അമര amara = bean … named for its wild-growing habit, and its morphological similarity to bean plant
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
रान पापडी ran papdi
  • name coined, for want of name; रान ran = wild; पापडी papdi = bean … named for its wild-growing habit, and its morphological similarity to bean plant
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
காட்டு அவரை kattu avarai
  • name coined, for want of name; காட்டு kattu = wild; அவரை avarai = bean … named for its wild-growing habit, and its morphological similarity to bean plant
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అడవి చిక్కుడు adavi chikkudu
  • name coined, for want of name; అడవి adavi = wild; చిక్కుడు chikkudu = bean … named for its wild-growing habit, and its morphological similarity to bean plant
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, *Himachal Pradesh, *Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Nagaland, *Odisha, *Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, *Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal

* distribution doubtful

NOTE: Synonymy of Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. and Shuteria involucrata (Wall.) Wight & Arn. ex Walp. is confusingly close and appears quite mixed-up | their observations found on biodiversity portals seem to suggest that S. vestita is distributed in peninsular India, while S. involucrata in northern, eastern and north-eastern India
~~~~~ Created on: 20:39 22-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 22:41 03-09-2024 ~~~~~

both Malayalam and English names are correct

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FOR VALIDATION :: ¿ Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. ? :: The Nilgiris :: Jan 30, 2026 · 1.38 PM IST: 5 images.

FOR VALIDATION ::
¿ Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. ?
The Nilgiris :: Jan 30, 2026 · 1.38 PM IST
Melkundah, about 1869 m asl

I guess it is OK.

Yes

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FOR VALIDATION :: ¿ Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. ? :: The Nilgiris :: Jan 29, 2026 · 1:23 PM IST: 11 images.

FOR VALIDATION ::
¿ Shuteria vestita Wight & Arn. ?
The Nilgiris :: Jan 29, 2026 · 1:23 PM IST
Naduvattam, about 1718 m asl

ID validated.
Many thanks to … for validating the ID in iNaturalist.

Looks good.

Indian Flora Online gives distribution which says otherwise as per
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=10849&cat=13
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=10850&cat=13 (syn. of Shuteria vestita as per POWO)
But if we follow keys in Flora of China, than it should be Shuteria vestita:
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=130279
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=117008&flora_id=2
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=116339&flora_id=2
I shall be revising ids of other posts in efi based on these keys.

 

 

 

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References:
POWO  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Flora of Thailand  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Flora Online  Flowers of India

Updated on March 26, 2026

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