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3. Aeschynomene indica L.wfo-0000173414

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Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Annual herb or shrublet 1−2.5 m tall; stems erect or decumbent, glabrous to hispid. Stipules oblong-triangular, peltate-appendiculate, 10−15 by 1−1.5 mm, glabrous or somewhat hispid at the point of attachment, striate, caducous. Leaves paripinnate, alternate; petioles 4−5 mm long; rachis up to 1.5 mm long. Leaflets 60−80 pairs, alternate, elliptic-oblong, 2−10 by 1−2.5 mm, apex rounded, base oblique, margin entire, glabrous, with 1 primary vein, inconspicuous above, conspicuous beneath; rachis 0.7−4 cm long; petiolules ca 0.5 mm long. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, racemose, 1−4-flowered, ca 2.5 cm long, rachis rough, 1−4-flowered as on the petioles; peduncle 3−8 cm long; bracts thin, 5 by 1−2 mm, ovate-oblong apex acute, base cordate; bracteoles lanceolate-ovate, 2−4 by 1 mm, apex acute. Flowers 7−10 mm long. Calyx bilabiate, 4−6 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, sometimes almost white, glabrous; standard broadly elliptic, ca 2 mm long, apex rounded, base clawed; wings obliquely obovate, 2 by 5−8 mm; keel asymmetrically ovate-oblong, 2.5−4 by 4−5 mm. Stamens 8−9 mm long, glabrous. Ovary flattened. Pods 5−6 cm long, straight, abaxial suture straight, 5−12 quadrate seed bearing segments; seed bearing segments 5−6 by 3−6 mm, glabrous to hispid. Seeds reniform, 3−4 by 2−3 mm, dark brown.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Fang, Phrao), Chiang Rai, Phayao (Kwan Phayao), Nan (Doi Phu Kha NP), Tak (Wang Chao), Phitsanulok (Pha Mui Daeng to Wat Hua Kao, Wang Thong); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Na Haeo); EASTERN: Si Sa Ket (Uthum Phon Phisai); CENTRAL: Ang Thong, Nakhon Pathom (Salaya), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) (Bangkhen); SOUTH-EASTERN: Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao, Rayong (Klaeng), Chanthaburi (Pong Nam Ron); PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Songkhla (Chana).

Distribution : Africa, Tropical Asia (India – type), Japan, Australia.

Ecology : In sunny sites, wet places, along roadsides, paddy fields, swampy areas, from sea level to 1,500 m alt. Flowering and fruiting: July–November.

Vernacular : Sano hang kai lek (โสนหางไก่เล็ก)(Ang Thong); sano hin (โสนหิน)(Central).

CommonName : Indian joint-vetch.

Uses: Green manure.