• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aeschynomene americana L.
• Common name : American Joint Vetch, Shy leaf, Sola Pith Plant.
• Vernacular name : Sorghas (Hindi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Riversides and moist locations
• Comments / notes : Occasiona along riversides and ponds
• Key identification features : Decumbent or erect herb
• Flower, Fruit : September-December
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : DUP, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district, Bolangir district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Kalhandi district, Sambalpur district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Cultivated
• Native : Tropicla America
• World Distribution : India, Caribbean, Java, Philippines, Central America
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara.
• 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=Aeschynomene americana. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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