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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH054 : Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 133  
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Crotalaria
Species : Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali.
Plant Location in Melghat : In Open grasslands,along road sides  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Fabaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : Godhadi
 
Synonym : Crotalaria hebecarpa (DC.) Rudd
Crotalaria uniflora Roxb.
Goniogyna hebecarpa DC.
Goniogyna latebrosa DC.
Goniogyna leiocarpa DC.
Hallia hirta Willd.
Heylandia hebecarpa DC.
Heylandia latebrosa (uct. non (L.) DC.
Heylandia leiocarpa DC.


Description : Prostrate herb, branches pilose, hairs long. Leaf simple, c. 6-13 mm long, c. 3-4.5 mm broad, subsessile, ovate, subacute, obliquely cordate at the base, pilose on both sides. Flower solitary axillary, subsessile. Calyx pubescent, tube short, 2 upper teeth partly fused, lower 3 free. Corolla yellow. Vexillum c. 3-6.5 mm long. Fruit c. 3-4.5 mm long, subglabrous to pubescent, flattened, 2-seeded. Fl. Per.: February June.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :