Fairly common in open areas of some northern islands As fodder. DC. NARAHDISAS .N/OAF NARAHDISAS in .N/OAF
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uses
As fodder. DC. NARAHDISAS .N/OAF NARAHDISAS in .N/OAF
family
Fabaceae
synonym
Hedysarum monilifer L.
description
Diffuse or prostrate herbs. × Leaves simple, alternate, 0.8-2.5 0.5-1 cm, broadly oblong or elliptic-oblong, base subcordate, apex obtuse or rounded, mucronate; petiole 3-6 mm long. 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 2 mm; wings × to 4 2 mm; keels to 6 mm long. Pods 3-7-jointed, 1.2-2 cm long, moniliform with hooked hairs.
native range
Tropics of Asia and Africa
distribution
Tropical Asia and Africa
english names
Alysicarpus
flowering fruiting
November-January
occurrence maldives
Fairly common in open areas of some northern islands