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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH034 : Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 100  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Alysicarpus Neck. ex Desv. - moneywort
Species : Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC. - bupleurum-leaved alysicarpus
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Hedysarum bupleurifolium Linn.
Hedysarum gramineum Retz.
Description : Stem 30-60 cm long, erect, with a line of hairs. Stipules 6-9 mm long, scarious. Leaf unifoliolate, petiole 1.5-2.5 mm long, petiolules small, stipels minute, caducous, leaflet 8 mm-6.8 cm long, 3-8 mm broad, glabrous or minutely hairy along the midrib on the under surface. Inflorescence a lax raceme, flowers in distant pairs. Bracts 6-8 mm long, scarious. Pedicel c. 2 mm long. Calyx 6-7 mm long, teeth less than half the length of calyx, acute, sparsely hairy. Corolla red. Pods 9-13 mm long, stalked, slightly moniliform, joints 4-8, glabrous, smooth. Fl.Per.: September-October.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :