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Neela Kundhi Kodi PRODUCT NAME

Dumasia villosa DC. = Dumasia congesta W. & A. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Neela Kundhi Kodi
Local Name: Neela Kundhi Kodi (Irula)
Family: Fabaceae
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Product Description: Slender twiner Flower: In axillary racemes, golden yellow Fruit: A linear pod. Sees 3-5 sub globose, blue black Leaflets velvety 3-nerved at base. Pods densely villous, compressed and shortly beaked.
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Countries Found: India
Description: 1400m on thickets by shola border and distributed over the Indian subcontinent, South-East Asia

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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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