Dialium travancoricum

Dialium travancoricum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dialium
Species: D. travancoricum
Binomial name
Dialium travancoricum
Bourd.

Dialium travancoricum is a critically endangered species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Kerala India specifically around the Travancore range near Ponmudi and Ariankavu. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dialium travancoricum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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