405 Leguminosae-Detarioideae Amherstia Wall. Amherstia nobilis Wall. in Taylor & Phillips, Philos. Mag. J. 68: 323. 1826; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 86. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Cultivated, Bengaluru), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,West Bengal; native to Myanmar. Baikiaea Benth. Baikiaea insignis Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. 25: 314, t 41.1865; Gowda & Krishnasw., Pl. Wealth Lalbagh 22. 1968. Distribution: Karnataka (Cultivated in Bengaluru), Kolkata gardens; native to W tropical Africa. Brownea Jacq. Brownea ariza Benth., Pl. Hartw. 171. 1845; Sen & Naskar Bull. Bot. Surv. India 7: 37.1965. Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in Bengaluru), Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, W Bengal), native to S America Brownea coccinea Jacq., Enum. Pl. Carib. 26. 1760; Benthal, Tr. Calc. 180.1946. Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in Bengaluru), Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, W Bengal; native to Venezuela. Brownea grandiceps Jacq., Collect. 3. 287. t. 22. 1790; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 87. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in Bengaluru), cultivated in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal; native to Venezuela. Local/Common/Vernacular names: The rose of Venezuela, The scarlet flame bean (English) Brownea rosa-de-monte Bery., Phil. Trans. 171, t. 8, 9. 1771. Brownea rosa Otto in Otto & Dietr., Allg. Gartenz. 23: 147. 1855; Gowda & Krishnasw., Pl. Wealth Lalbagh 30. 1968. Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in Lalbagh, Bengaluru); native to S America. Colvillea racemosa Bojer, Bot. Mag. tt. 3325, 3326. 1834; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal.90. 1984 Distribution: Karnataka (Bengaluru, Kolar, Mysuru), Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; widely cultivated in tropics; native to Madagascar. Local name/Common name/Vernacular name: Colville's Glory (English). Copaifera L. Copaifera officinalis L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2:557.1762; Gowda & Krishnasw., Pl. Wealth Lalbagh 49. 1968. Copaiva officinalis (L.) Jacq., Enum. Pl.Carib.21. 1760. Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in lalbagh, Bengaluru); native to W Indies & S America. Cynometra L. Cynometra beddomei Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal Part 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 478. 1897; C.J.Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 389. 1984 Distribution: Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada), Kerala; endemic. 406 Cynometra bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 446. 1908; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 90. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada, Hassan), Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic. Cynometra iripa Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1341. 1835; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 90. 1984. Cynometra ramiflora var. mimosoides Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 267. 1878 Distribution: Karnataka (Uttara Kannada), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal;Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pacefic Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand. Cynometra travancorica Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 316. 1872; C.J.Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 389. 1984.Plate 24C Distribution: Karnataka (Hassan, Kodagu), Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic. Hardwickia Roxb. Hardwickia binata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel t. 209. 1811; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 90. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Ballari, Belagavi, Bengaluru, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Kalburgi, Mandya, Mysuru, Tumakuru, Vijayapura), Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh; endemic. Local/Common/Vernacular name: Kammara (Kannada) Humboldtia Vahl Humboldtia brunonis Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 17. t.233. 1832; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 90. 1984. Plate 24E Distribution: Karnataka (Chamarajanagara, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada), Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic. Local/Common/Vernacular names: Hasige mara, Kaadu ashoka (Kannada) Hymenaea L. Hymenaea courbaril L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1192. 1753; C.J.Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 394. 1984 Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in Bengaluru), West Bengal; native to the Caribbean, C & S America. Local/Common/Vernacular names: Amami-gum, Brazilian copal, West Indian locust (English) Kingiodendron Harms Kingiodendron pinnatum (DC.) Harms, Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 1(1): 194. 1897; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 90. 1984. Plate 24F Hardwickia pinnata DC., Fl. Ind. 2. 425. 1832 Distribution: Karnataka (Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu), Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic. Local/Common/Vernacular name: Malbar mahogany (English); Enne mara (Kannada) 407 Saraca L. Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd., Blumea 15: 393. 1968; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 91. 1984. Saraca indica auct. non L., 1753; T. Cooke, Fl. Bombay 1: 429. 1901 Jonesia asoca Roxb., Asiat. Res. 4: 365. 1799 Jonesia pinnata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2(1): 287. 1799 Distribution: Karnataka (Belagavi, Bengaluru, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada, also cultivated ), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal;SE Asia, Sri Lanka. Local/Common/Vernacular name: Asoka (English); Ashoka mara (Kannada) Saraca declinata Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 84, 1080. 1855; C.J.Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 393. 1984. Saraca cauliflora Baker, Fl. Brit. India 2(5): 272. 1878 Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in Bengaluru), West Bengal; native to SE Asia. Saraca thaipingensis Canttey ex Prain in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 211. 1897; C.J.Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 393. 1984 Distribution: Karnataka (cultivated in Bengaluru), West Bengal; native SE Asia. Tamarindus L. Tamarindus indica L., Sp. Pl. 34. 1753; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 91. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Ballari, Belagavi, Bengaluru, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Hassan, Kalburgi, Kodagu, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Uttara Kannada, Vijayapura), throughout India; native to E Africa and Madagascar;cultivated throughout tropics. Local/Common/Vernacular name: Tamarind tree (English); Hunise mara (Kannada) Leguminosae-Papilionoideae Abrus Adans. Abrus precatorius L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 472.1767; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 61. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Ballari, Belagavi, Bengaluru, Bidar, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Hassan, Kalburgi, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya, Mysuru, Raichur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Uttara Kannada), throughout India; pantropical. Local/Common/Vernacular name: Gulaganji (Kannada) Abrus pulchellus Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 91. 1859; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 61. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal; Indomalesia, China. Aeschynomene L. Aeschynomene americana L., Sp. Pl. 2: 713. 1753 Distribution: Karnataka (Dharwad), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,West Bengal; native to America; pantropical. Aeschynomene aspera L., Sp. Pl. 173. 1753; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 61. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Belagavi, Bengaluru, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Hassan, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada), Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal; Paleotropical Local/Common/Vernacular name: Sola pith plant (English); Tanakali (Kannada) 408 Aeschynomene indica L., Sp. Pl. 713. 1753; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 61. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (throughout), throughout India; paleotropical Local/Common/Vernacular name: Bendu kasa (Kannada) Aganope Miq. Aganope thyrsiflora (Benth.) Polhill, Kew Bull. 25: 270. 1971; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 61. 1984. Millettia thyrsiflora Benth. in Miq., Pl. Junagh 1: 249. 1852 Derris thyrsiflora (Benth.) Benth. in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: 114. 1860 Derris eualata Bedd., Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 186. 1874 Derris platyptera Baker, Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 245. 1878 Derris thyrsiflora var. eualata (Bedd.) Thoth., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 195. 1961 Distribution: Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Uttara Kannada), Mizoram; Indomalesia. Alhagi Gagnebin Alhagi maurorum Medik. in Vorles, Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 397. 1787 Alhagi camelorum Fisch., Cat. Jard. Pl. Gorenki ed. 2, 72. 1812; B.D.Sharma et al., Fl. Karnataka Anal. 61. 1984. Distribution: Karnataka (Cultivated, Chitradurga), Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh; West Asia, Caucasus to the Himalayas. Local/Common/Vernacular name: Camel thorn (English) Alysicarpus Neck. ex Desv. Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC., Prodr. 2: 352. 1825; C.J.Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 417. 1984 var. bupleurifolius Distribution: Karnataka (throughout), Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal; Indomalesia, China. var. gracilis (Edgew.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 155. 1876 Alysicarpus gracilis Edgew., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 21(2): 170. 1852 Distribution: Karnataka (Chitradurga), Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh; endemic. var. hybridus DC.,