Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH054 : Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 133

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.

Plant Common Name : Godhadi

Plant Family : Fabaceae

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.

Plant Location in Melghat : In Open grasslands,along road sides

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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=250064739

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 : Equisetopsida
Subclass :
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Crotalaria
Species : Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali.

Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali.