Occasional along seashores The immature fruits and seeds are used as famine food, especially in coastal regions. It is a good fodder for cattle. The plant is reported to be a remedy for cough and vitiated conditions of Kapha. to or
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The immature fruits and seeds are used as famine food, especially in coastal regions. It is a good fodder for cattle. The plant is reported to be a remedy for cough and vitiated conditions of Kapha. to or
Perennial climbers; stems sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Leaves × trifoliate; leaflets 6-12.5 4.2-8 cm, broadly ovate to suborbicular, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex abruptly acute to acuminate, sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Racemes axillary, to 25 cm long, pendant, tuberculate. Flowers 2.5-3 cm long; pedicles ca. 2 mm long. Calyx tube 8-10 mm long, puberulent, the upper lobes rounded. Corolla pink; standard, 2.5-3 cm long, obovate or suborbicular; wings and keels lanceolate, × claws ca. 5 mm long. Pods 7-12 3-4 cm, oblong, turgid, 6-8 seeded; seeds ca. 1.5 cm long, oblong-ellipsoid, reddish-brown.