Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Distribution notes: Exotic
Aeschynomene indica Sensu auct., p.p.
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect, annual herbs upto 1 m tall; branchlets glabrous to hispid. Leaves 4-10 cm long; leaflets 15-30 pairs, subsessile, 2.5-7 x 1-2 mm, linear-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base oblique, apex obtuse, apiculate; stipules 5-10 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, peltate. Flowers 7-10 mm long in 1-4-flowered axillary racemes; pedicel to 5 mm long; bracts c. 5 mm long, ovate, acuminate, bracteoles 2-3 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 4-5 mm long, deeply 2-lipped, glabrous. Corolla exserted, pale yellow; standard orbicular, red-striped; wing obovate; keel to 7x3 mm, oblong. Staminal sheath to 4 mm long. Ovary to 6 mm long; ovules many; style c. 3 mm long. Pods 2.5-3.7 x 0.4-0.5 cm, linear, compressed, straight or curved with 4-8 joints, long stalked, sometimes muricate. Seeds 2.5-3.5 mm long, reniform, dark brown.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Grasslands & watercourses
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist deciduous forests and waterlogged areas in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Pantropics, probably native in South East United States
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Common throughout
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Aeschynomene indica L., Sp. Pl. 713. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 151. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 313(234). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 84. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 136. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 124. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 157. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 145. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 168. 1991; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 75. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 134. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 88. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 197. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 264. 2009.
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
Information Listing > References
- Aeschynomene indica L., Sp. Pl. 713. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 151. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 313(234). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 84. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 136. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 124. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 157. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 145. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 168. 1991; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 75. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 134. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 88. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 197. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 264. 2009.
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Aeschynomene |
Species | Aeschynomene rudis Benth. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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