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Bando Lata
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Bando Lata
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Common name: Bando Lata, palas-climber • Assamese: গোবংলতা gobang-lata, হাতী বন্ধা লতা hati bandha lata, মাল লেও mal-leo, মৰু maru, মাৰি লেৱা mari-lewa, পান লতা pan lata, শাল লতা sal lata • Garo: mari, maru, mauri • Hindi: मालिनी malini, मौला maula, नसबेल nasbel • Kannada: ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಮುತ್ತುಗ balli mutthuga, ಮುಕ್ಕಟೆಬಳ್ಳಿ mukkate balli • Khasi: jerrnei, ther-la-moh-dak • Malayalam: അടന്പു adambuvalli, വള്ളിപ്ലാശ് valliplash • Marathi: पळशीन palashin • Mizo: ngoi-hrui • Nepali: देबरे लहरा debre lahara, साल लहरा sal lahara • Tamil: யானைத்தடிப்பு yanai-t-tatippu • Telugu: బొడిగతీగ bodegateega • Tulu: ಮುಡಿಬಳ್ಳು mudiballu Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Spatholobus parviflorus    Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Butea parviflora, Spatholobus roxburghii, Butea sericophylla
Bando Lata is a strong, woody climber. Leaf stalks are 9-13 cm, bristly. Leaflets are leathery, slightly bristly on the underside, smooth above. Lateral veins are 7-9 pairs, usually not branched. Middle leaflet is obovate or broadly elliptic, 14-17 cm long, 9.5-12 cm broad, rounded at both ends or slightly narrowed at base. Side leaflets are asymmetric, broadly ovate, 12-16 × 6.5-10 cm, base rounded, apex blunt. Flowers are born in clusters 30-40 cm across. Sepal cup is 3-4 mm, bristly. Flowers are white or pinkish white. Standard petal is broadly ovate, 5-6 × 5.5-8 mm, tip notched, base flat, claw 2-3 mm. Wing petals are 5-7.5 mm, auriculate, claw 3-4 mm; keel 4-5 mm. Seed-pods are oblong, 12-14 cm, thick, somewhat woody, tip rounded, densely brownish velutinous. stipe terete, 1.3-1.7 cm, densely velutinous. Seeds are round or kidney-shaped.
Identification credit: Neil Soars, Shrikant Ingalhalikar Photographed in Maharashtra.
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