Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight. & Arn.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species : Pseudarthria viscida
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight & Arn.
  • Common name : Sticky pod weed
  • Vernacular name : Salaparni (San.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 3653, KFP 12333
  • 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 : Shrub
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan
  • Comments : Common in shady places.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bidar, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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