Alysicarpus hamosus

Alysicarpus hamosus Edgeworth in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 21: 171, 1853 and Cat. Pl. Banda 47, 1852; Baker Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:157, 1876; Woodrow in JBNHS 11:423, 1897; Cooke, Fl. Pers. Bombay 1:346, 1902; M.R. Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 2: 11, 1998.

FAMILY: FABACEAE
Morphological characters:
Habit:- Prostrate herb, branching ascending, with long spreading hairs.
Leaves:- 1-foliate, stipulate.
Leaflets:- suborbicular, rounded, mucronate apex, hairy.
Inflorescence:- Axillary racemes.
Flowers:-Bracteate, complete, bisexuals, zygomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous or perigynous.
Calyx:- Glumaceous; teeth deep, the 2 upper often connate,
Corolla:-Exserted; standard obovate or orbicular, narrowed into the claw; wings obliquely oblong, adhering to the keel, slightly curved, obtuse, usually appediculate.
Androecium:- Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform.
Gynoecium:- Ovary sessile or shortly stalked, ovules numerous, style incurved, stigma capitate.
Pods:- Compressed, hairy, linear and mucronate; joints 3-7.
Flowering :- Sep-Nov.