• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Mimosoideae
• Species : Neptunia triquetra
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Neptunia triquetra (Vahl) Benth.
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-368
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 01/05/12
• Collection Locality : Naganupula, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Scrub Jungle
• Key identification features : Prostrate spreading herbs in cultivated fields. Stems slender, glabrescent, angled. Rachis up to 2 cm long with pinnae of about 2 pairs. Lowest pair with a small gland in between. Leaflets of about 8-12 pairs, oblong and rounded in between. Flower heads green. Calyx glabrous. Corolla yellow. Pods flat, beaked at apex, enclosing 4-6 seeds.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : May-November
• Comments : Occasional among grasses.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Kanchipuram district, Coimbatore district (Tamil Nadu State); Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Khurda district, Puri district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Thailand
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Neptunia triquetra. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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