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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS047 : Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 161  
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Uraria
Species : Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.
Plant Location in Melghat : Koktu valley, Semadoh, Dhakna, Tarubandha and Harisal ranges  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Fabaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Rufous Uraria, Hooked Uraria
 
Synonym : Desmodium horsfieldii Miq.
Desmodium rufescens DC.
Doodia hamosa Roxb.
Doodia simplicifolia Roxb.
Meibomia rufescens Kuntze.
Uraria gracilis Prain.
Uraria hamosa (Roxb.)Wight & Arn.
Uraria paniculata Hassk.
Uraria sinensis Auct. non Franch.
Description : Subshrubs. Stems erect, 40-100 cm tall, gray-white pilose and brown hooked hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 1-2.5 cm, hairy; leaflet blades elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 3-8 × 2-4 cm, abaxially pilose, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 11-13 on each side of midvein, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex rounded or sometimes emarginate. Inflorescences terminal, 10-20 cm, densely hooked hairy and pubescent. Flowers sparse. Pedicel short, initially ca. 3 mm, hairy, elongated to 5-6 mm at fruiting, apically hooked. Calyx ca. 3 mm, pubescent, 5-parted; lower lobes longer than tube, upper lobes slightly shorter. Co­rolla purple, 2-3 × as long as calyx. Legume 4-7-jointed; arti­cles gray-brown, compressed, slightly reticulate veined. Fl. and fr. Oct-Nov. 2n = 22.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :