- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Basionym : Arachis fruticosa Retz.
- Synonym(s) : Stylosanthes mucronata Willd.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston
- Common name : African Stylo
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Along lakeshores, riverbanks, roadsides and waste places
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains, fallow fields, grazing ground and along road cuttings on ghats.
- Key identification features : A stiff undershrub; stipules sheathing
- Flower, Fruit : June-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Pudukkottai district, Ramanathapuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Tirunelveli district, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Madagascar
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Stylosanthes fruticosa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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