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Prushnaparni (Species 3)

Common Names


Common Names To be Updated Soon

About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC.

FAMILY 


Fabaceae Lindl.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

OTHER FAMILY:


Papilionaceae

TRIBE


Faboideae

SUBTRIBE


Desmodieae

CLASSIFICATION


Desmodiinae

GENUS 


Uraria Desv.

SPECIES


picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC. Prodr. 2:324. 1825 (Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1:125. 1813, nom. inval.)


Plant Description


Erect perennial, undershrub, 20-180 cm tall, branches pubescent. Lower leaf 1-3-foliolate, upper 5-9-foliolate, leaflets of the lower leaf 2-8 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm broad, ovate; of upper leaves, 7-25 cm long, 5-25 mm broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, often variegated, glabrescent above, pubescent below, petiole 3.5-6.5 cm long; stipules 4.5-5.0 mm long. Inflorescence rachis 10-70 cm long, peduncle 0-5 cm long. Bracts 1.4-2.5 cm long, acuminate, completely concealing the bud, deciduous. Pedicel 6-9 mm long. Calyx 4-5 mm long, pubescent, hairs tubercular-based, lobes 4-5 mm long. Corolla purple, pink or bluish, 8-9 mm long. Fruit 5-9 mm long, with 3-6 segments, each 2-3 mm broad, glabrous, smooth, polished, folded on one another.

Flowering Period: June-Sept.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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