Herbarium JCB

Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC.

Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Faboideae
Basionym : Hedysarum rugosum Willd.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Scrub forests
Comments / notes : Common on wayside in grazing ground, floor of scrub jungles and on exposed rocks of hills. Sometimes abundant in fallow fields and sandy areas on disturbed grounds.
Key identification features : Diffuse herb
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy & B. Sadasivaiah
Collection Date : 09/12/2010
Collection Nos : FAP 41964
Collection Locality : Vemula, Kadapa district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Krishna district
- Karnataka : Bellary district, Kolar district, Bidar district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Malesia, China, Australia (Queensland)
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka, Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah, Ali Moulali, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 2. p.p. 242; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Saldanha, 1984; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Alysicarpus rugosus. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.