Cullen corylifolia

Cullen corylifolia (Linn.) Medik., Vorles Churpf. Phys.-Occ. Ges. 2: 230, 1787; Sanjappa, Legum. Ind. 132, 1992.

Vernacular Name:- Bavchi
FAMILY: FABACEAE
Morphological characters:
Habit:-An erect annual herb, 3 to 5 ft. high, stem and branches grooved, white hairs spreading all over the plant .
Leaves:- Simple, 4x2 inch., broadly elliptic, inciso-dentate, rounded or mucronate at apex, clothed with white hairs on both sides. Lamina base cuneate, main five nerves and 4-6 pairs of lateral nerves, petiole 1 inch. long, small white hairs and five angled. Leaf base not prominent. Stipules lanceolate and persistent.
Inflorescence:-Close, indense axillary solitary, 35 to 45 flowers in raceme. Peduncle 1 to 2 inch. long, hairy, grooved.
Flower:-Bracteate, bracteolate, complete, bisexuals, zygomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous or perigynous.
Calyx:-Sepals 5, hairy outside, teeth linear- lanceolate, the lower ovate.
Corolla:- Petals 5, polypetalous, bluish purple, nearly twice as long as the calyx, standard orbicular, clawed, glabrous.
Androecium:- Stamens 10 (9+1), Diadelphous.
Gynoecium:-Monocarpellary, superior, unilocular ovary, placentation marginal, ovary solitary, ovoid-oblong, compressed, mucronate, style filiform, stigma terminal simple.
Pod:-Oblong, ovoid.
Seed:-One, oblong.
Flowering:- August-January.