Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.
Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.
Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.
Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.
Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.
MS047 : Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 161 |
| 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.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Rufous Uraria, Hooked Uraria |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Koktu valley, Semadoh, Dhakna, Tarubandha and Harisal ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242353453
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245198
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Rufous%20Uraria.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Uraria |
| Species | : Uraria rufescens (DC.)Schindl. |