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Vidarikand (Species 1)

Common Names


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC.

FAMILY 


Fabaceae Lindl.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

OTHER FAMILY:


Papilionaceae

TRIBE


Faboideae

SUBTRIBE


Phaseoleae

CLASSIFICATION


Glycininae

GENUS 


Pueraria DC.

SPECIES


tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4:97. 1824 Jan (Prodr. 2:240. 1825 Nov)


Plant Description


A perennial twiner; root tuberous; young branches grey pubescent. Leaf pinnately trifoliolate, petiole 10-20 cm long; leaflets 12.5-20.0 cm long, 11.0-17.5 cm broad, the terminal leaflet broadly ovate, equal sided, acuminate, the lateral leaflet ovate-oblong, very oblique, acuminate, silky pubescent below, glabrescent above; stipels small; stipules c. 5 mm long. Inflorescence an axillary or terminal raceme or panicle. Pedicel 2-3 mm long. Bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx 6-8 mm long, densely silky, teeth shorter than the tube, the 2 upper teeth connate. Corolla blue. Vexillum c. 12.5 mm long and broad, auricled at the base. Fruit 5-7.5 cm long, constricted between the seeds, densely pilose, hairs brown, silky, 3-6-seeded.

Flowering Period: March-April.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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