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MH037 : Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

104

Class	: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order	: Fabales
Family	: Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus	: Alysicarpus Neck. ex Desv. - moneywort
Species	: Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC. - red moneywort

Plant Location in Melghat :

Especially in cultivated fields

Plant Category :

Herbs

Plant's Current Status :

Plant Family :

Leguminosae

Plant Common Name :

Shevra

Synonym :

Alysicarpus wallichii Wight & Arnott
Hedysarum rugosum Willd.

Description :

Erect, stem 30-61 cm long, glabrous except for decurrent line of hairs. Leaves stipulate, unifoliolate, stipule almost encircling the stem, scarious, 6-11 mm long, petiole c. 3-6 mm long. Leaflet 2.5-7.5 cm long, 9-2.5 cm broad, usually oblong, rarely orbicular or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous above, appressly hairy below, base often cordate; petiolules c. 1 mm long, stipels 1.5 mm long. Inflorescence simple or branched raceme, up to 16 cm long. Bracts 5-8 mm long, chaffy. Pedicel 3-4 mm long. Calyx 6-9 mm long, deeply divided, teeth lanceolate, imbricate, minutely ciliate. Pods moniliform, 3-6 jointed, included or as long as the calyx, broader than long, transversely ribbed, glabrous. Fl.Per.: August.

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Reference :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :