- 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 IPNI) : 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 : 12/09/2010
- 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
- Lakshadweep : Agatti
- 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
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Alysicarpus rugosus. Downloaded on 27 June 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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