Herbarium JCB

Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight. & Arn.

Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species : Pseudarthria viscida
Basionym : Hedysarum viscidum L.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight & Arn.
Common name : Sticky-Pod weed
Vernacular name : Kodi ottai (Tam.); Nayakuponna, Muyak (Tel.); Salaparni (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0172; HJCB-E-210
Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.; K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 19/11/14; 13/12/2014
Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State; Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A small perennial herb with a prostrate stem. Leaves are alternate, compound, with 3 leaflets, hairy and rhomboidal. Flowers are small, in terminal or axillary fascicles. Pod is linear, flat and hairy.
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : August-February
Comments : Occasional in plains up to 1200 m, along wayside on hills and stream banks.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Kanchipuram district, Dharmapuri district (Tamil Nadu State); Anantapur district, Simhachalam Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Kondapalli Hills (Krishna district), Papampeta R.F. (West Godavari district), Srikakulam district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Nallamalai Hills (Prakasham district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Sambalpur district, Puri district, Chandaka Forest (Khurda district), Nayagarh district, Dhenkanal district, Kalahandi district, Bolangir district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : Pantropical
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
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=Pseudarthria viscida. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.