| 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 |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| 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. |