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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH035 : Alysicarpus procumbens (Roxb.) Schindl.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 102  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Alysicarpus Neck. ex Desv. - moneywort
Species : Alysicarpus procumbens (Roxb.) Schindl.
Plant Location in Melghat : Fairly common amongst tall grasses of forest  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  
 
Plant Common Name : Round-Leaf Alyce Clover
 
Synonym : Hedysarum procumbens Roxb.
Alysicarpus hamosus Edgew.
Description : Trailing herbs, stem densely hairy. Leaves alternate, 1-3 cm long and broad; orbicular, rounded or obtuse at apex, subcordate at base, glabrous above, slightly hairy beneath; petiole minute, hairy like the branches. Flowers pink in densely hairy, axillary racemes. Calyx shorter or very slightly longer than the first joint of the pod, under .3 cm long. Petals not exserted; standard broad; keel obtuse, adhering to the wings. Stamens diadelphous. Pod flat, slightly curved, hairy, 3-6 jointed lomeutum.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :