Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Alysicarpus violaceus (Forssk.)Schindl. |
| synonym | Hedysarum glumaceum Vahl |
| synonym | Hedysarum violaceum Forssk. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect herbs, sparsely ciliate. Leaves 2.5-7.5 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic, apex acute, mucronate, base cordate, erect pilose below; petiole to 1 cm, stipules 2, 1.1 cm, elliptic, acuminate, membranous. Racemes axillary and terminal, 6-7 cm, congested, peduncles 3 mm; bracts 7 x 4 mm, ovate; calyx deeply 4-lobed, upper 2 cleft, tube 2 mm, lobes 4.5 and 5.5 mm; standard petal 4.5 x 2.5 mm, wing 4 x 0.5 mm, keels 4 mm; staminal sheath 4 mm. Pod usually 1-3 jointed, to 6 mm, transversally rugose, apex with triangular cap; fruiting calyx 1.1 x 0.2 cm.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Paleotropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kollam, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Kolhapur
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Nilgiri, Salem, Tiruchchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Matthew, 1999, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 2: 353.1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:159.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 338(239). 1918; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 161. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 146. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 98. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 84. 1999.
- Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC., Prodr. 2: 353. 1825; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 78. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 189. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 265. 2009.
- Hedysarum rugosum Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1172. 1803.
- Hedysarum glumaceum Vahl, Symb. Bot.2: 106. 1791.
Information Listing > References
- Matthew, 1999, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 2: 353.1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:159.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 338(239). 1918; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 161. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 146. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 98. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 84. 1999.
- Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC., Prodr. 2: 353. 1825; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 78. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 189. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 265. 2009.
- Hedysarum rugosum Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1172. 1803.
- Hedysarum glumaceum Vahl, Symb. Bot.2: 106. 1791.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Alysicarpus |
| Species | Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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