Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH038 : Alysicarpus scariosus pilifer (Prain)A.Pramanik & Thoth.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 105

Synonym : Alysicarpus rugosus var. styracifolius Baker;

Plant Common Name : -

Plant Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae

Description : Diffuse, stem pubescent. Leaf unifoliolate, petiole 2-6 mm, leaflets elliptic-oblong, 7-27 mm long, 4-16 mm broad, entire, obtuse, glabrous above, pilose below. Dense axillary racemes, sessile or shortly pedunculate, 8-20 mm long, axis pilose. Calyx glumaceous, 6-9 mm long, acuminate, pilose, hairs white spreading. Pod 3-seeded, moniliform, one seeded portion 1.5-2 mm long, c. 2.5 mm broad, transversely ribbed, minutely pilose. Fl.Per.: April-October.

Plant Location in Melghat : In fields open grasslands

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250065427

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

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Alysicarpus Neck. ex Desv. - moneywort
Species : Alysicarpus scariosus pilifer (Prain) A. Pramanik & Thoth.

Alysicarpus scariosus pilifer (Prain) A. Pramanik & Thoth.