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 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
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : Agatti
  • Native : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Nata
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • 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 11 October 2024.

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