''Smithia gracilis'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of plant in the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the southern Western Ghats.

References

Flora of India (region) Dalbergieae {{Dalbergieae-stub