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Alysicarpus monilifer
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC., Prodr. 2:353. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 157. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 338(238). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 85. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 137. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 160. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 79. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 135. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 83. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 156. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 198. 2009.
Hedysarum monilifer L., Mant. Pl. 1: 102. 1767.
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Description:
Diffuse or prostrate much branched herbs; branchlets with elongate, spreading, pilose hairs. Leaves 0.8-2.5 x 0.5-1 cm, broadly oblong or elliptic-oblong, base subcordate, apex obtuse or rounded, mucronate, glabrous or sparsely hairy; petiole 3-6 mm long; stipules 3-5 mm long, lanceolate, striate. Flowers close in axillary racemes; pedicel to 2 mm long. Calyx-tube longer than the first joint of the pod; lobes lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla pink to violet; standard to 5 x 2 mm; wings to 4 x 2 mm; keels to 6 mm long. Pods 3-7-jointed, 1.2-2 cm long, moniliform, turgid, with hooked hairs.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan and Ethiopia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Mavelipuram, Kodumon, Punnamada
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