Alysicarpus tetragonolobus Edgew.
MH039 : Alysicarpus tetragonolobus Edgew.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 106 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Procumbent, stems many, 15-30 cm long, marked with a line of hairs. Stipules c. 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, scarious. Leaves unifoliolate; petioles 2-3 mm long; leaflets 1.9-3.2 cm long, 3-10 mm broad, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, base rounded or slightly cordate, glabrous above, hairy beneath; petiolules very short, stipels minute, caducous. Inflorescence lax raceme, 5.0-7.5 cm long; flowers in pairs. Bracts 4-5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, caducous. Pedicel less than 1.5 mm long. Calyx 4-5 mm long, deeply divided, teeth lanceolate, acute, with long white hairs. Pods 9-13 mm long, moniliform, quadrangular, exserted, joints 2-6, transversely ribbed, glabrous. Fl.Per.: August. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In fields |
| 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=250065433 |
| 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 tetragonolobus Edgew. |