• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Stylosanthes fruticosa
• Basionym : Arachis fruticosa Retz.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston
• Common name : African Stylo
• Key identification features : A prostrate, hairy herb with ascending branches. Leaves are alternate, compound with 3 leaflets. Flowers are small (about 1 cm), in axillary or terminal condensed inflorescence. Fruit is a compressed pod with a hook at the apex, jointed, with persistent style. Seeds are compressed.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Flower, Fruit : June-February
• Comments : Occasional on plains, fallow fields, grazing ground and along road cuttings on ghats.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; 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; 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=Stylosanthes fruticosa. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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