Hedysarum graminifoliumRoxb. ex Wall. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Alysicarpus monilifer(L.) DC. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Schindler, A.K., 1925
Related name
Hedysarum graminifolium
Alysicarpus monilifer
Flora
Entry for ALYSICARPUS monilifer (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Slender diffuse annual; stem pubescent. Leaflet cordate-ovate, oblong or, in upper leaves, lanceolate, 1.5–6 x 0.5–2 cm, both sides prominently veined and puberulous, also some longer hairs beneath; margins ciliate. Racemes axillary and terminal, very lax. Calyx c. 4 mm long with linear lobes usually shorter than the first article of the pod. Corolla about as long as or slightly exceeding calyx. Pod up to 2 cm long, with deep constrictions between the 3–4(–6) oblong articles, slightly wrinkled, pubescent.
