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Prioria pinnata
Prioria pinnata, known as kulavu or ennappayin in Malayalam, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. It is a large tree up to 35 metres tall, which grows as a canopy tree in lowland and mid-elevation rain forests in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu from 130 to 950 metres elevation. It is associated with Hopea ponga, Hopea parviflora, Dipterocarpus indicus, Vateria indica, Tetrameles nudiflora, and Diospyros crumenata.
Trees were traditionally tapped by local people for lamp oil, but harvesting has now ceased as alternatives became available.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prioria pinnata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
