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Ormosia travancorica
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O. travancorica
Binomial name
Ormosia travancorica
Synonyms
  • Placolobium travancoricum

Ormosia travancorica is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae.

It is found in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is endemic to the Western Ghats. It is reasonably common in the South Sahyadri and rare in the Coorg Region of Central Sahyadri.[1] The canopy trees in wet evergreen forests, which generally extend up to 800 m, sometimes extend up to 1200 m in the southern Ghats.

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  1. Fl. Sylv. 45.1870; Gamble, Fl. Madras 1: 390. 1997 (re. ed); Sasidharan, Biodiversity documentation for Kerala- Flowering Plants, part 6: 140. 2004; Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 480. 1996.

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