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Crested Fever Nut
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Crested Fever Nut
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Common name: Crested Fever Nut • Bengali: বেকাঁটানাটা bekamtanata, কুটুমকাঁটা kutumakamta, লতিকাঁটা latikamta, লেতকাঁটা letakamta, নাটা nata, নাটাকাঁটা natakamta, নুগাকরঞ্চ nugakaranca, শৃঙ্গালতা srngalata • Gujarati: કાંચકી kanchaki • Hindi: कांटा करंज kanta karanja, कटकरंज katkaranja • Kannada: ಕಿರಿ ಗೆಜ್ಜುಗ kiri gejjuga, ಸಣ್ಣ ಗೆಜ್ಜುಗ sanna gejjuga • Konkani: वाकेरी vakeri • Malayalam: ആറ്റുപരണ്ട aattuparanda, കാക്കമുള്ള് kaakkamullu, കഴഞ്ച് kazhanchi • Marathi: बनकरेटी ban-kareti, सागर लता sagar lata • Oriya: କତକଲ katakala • Sanskrit: कण्टकि करञ्ज kantaki karanja, लता करञ्ज lata karanja, कुबेराक्षी kuberakshi, पूतिकरञ्ज putikaranja, विटप करञ्ज vitapa karanja • Tamil: முட்கொன்றை mut-konrai • Telugu: ముళ్లతీగ mulluthige • Tibetan: srin sman ma ru, srin sman me ru (d) • Tulu: ಕಳಂಜಿಕಾಯಿ kalanjikaayi Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Caesalpinia crista    Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Synonyms: Caesalpinia nuga, Guilandina nuga
Crested Fever Nut is a Large climber with numerous recurved prickles. Leaves are double-compound, alternate, up to 30 cm long, with 2-6 pairs of sidestalks. Leaflets are 4-6, opposite, ovate, tip pointed, margin entire. Rachis and stem are armed with recurved prickles. The flowers are yellow, borne in axillary, simple or panicled racemes, and about 1 cm long. Flowers have 10 stamens, with woolly filaments. Fruits are ellipsoid, flat, beaked; seed solitary, ovoid and black.
Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar Photographed on banks of river Vashishti, Chiplun, Maharashtra.
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