Stylosanthes hamata

Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. (Syn: Hedysarum hamatum L.; Stylosanthes eriocarpa S.F.Blake; Stylosanthes humilis Hemsl.; Stylosanthes procumbens Sw.);
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sty-lo-SAN-theez — Greek: stylos (having styles); anthos (flowers) … Dave’s Botanary
ham-AH-tuh or ham-AY-tuh — hooked … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: Caribbean stylo • Bengali: হমাতা hamata • Gujarati: હમાટા hamata • Hindi: हमाटा hamata • Kannada: ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ vilayati pencil gida • Malayalam: ഹമാറ്റ hamaatta • Marathi: हमाटा hamata • Odia: ହମାତା hamata • Tamil: முயல் மசால் muyal masaal • Telugu: హమాటా hamata
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/stylosanthes-hamata-l-taub.html
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Native to: tropical Americas; naturalized in some parts of India
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Keys at Lucid Central;
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Herb for ID : Nasik : 211011 : AK-1:
Picture taken on the 24th of August,11 at Nasik.
A tiny herb growing wild with a single yellow flower less than 1 cm.
Plant was very small growing in the grass.

Yes definitely, this is introduced with the aim of fodder security

yes Stylosanthes hamatus, an small herb, with trifoliate leaf, commonly called as hamata in many places in Maharashtra..
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efloraindia: 311011 BRS 99:

Pl. find the attched file contain photo for id. request.
Date/Time-Location- 29.10.2011 NBNP Garden
Place, Altitude, GPS- Anaikatti (640 MSL) Coimbatore Dist.,
Habitat- Wild
Type-Plant Habit- Herb

Polygala sp. and most probably P. arvensis of Polygalaceae family.

What about Stylosanthes species?
Can’t see the fringed crest here…..

Agree with … This looks like the Carribean Stylo [Stylosanthes hamatus] to me.

A better eye catches the characters easily.
I erred again, not only the fringed crest, here the leaves are tri-foliate. Sorry for the mistake.
I think I misled myself because of the leaf shape, I guess. Thank you for correcting me.

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sty-lo-SAN-theez — from the Greek stylos (having styles) and anthos (flowers)
ham-AH-tuh or ham-AY-tuh — hooked

Oct 15, 2011 … along NH4 near Belgaum
commonly known as: Caribbean stylo • Marathi: हमाटा hamata
Native to: tropical Americas; naturalized in some parts of India
some views: Oct 15, 2011 … along NH4 near Belgaum

Beautiful pictures of Stylosanthes hamata plant emerging through Indigofera cordifolia

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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Stylosanthes hamata :: Nipani :: DVOCT119 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.
along NH No. 4 (AH47) near Nipani on October 15, 2011

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Plant identification : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- one of 3 MB.
Please identify this plant.
Found in Maldives. Grows in poor soil.

Stylosanthes hamata

 

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Stylosanthes hamata at Munnar- PKA7 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)- around 400 kb each.
Sharing few pics of Stylosanthes hamata from Munnar.
Family: Fabaceae

 

173 ID wild plant: 14 images.

Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
Altitude: 1400fsl
Flower date: 15.10.2021, 12.50pm
Habitat: wild moisture, riverside
Plant habit: under shrub, erect, branches, hard stem base 5mm diameter, hairy young stem, perennial
Height: 03 feet
Leaves: alternate, tripartite, leaflet ovate oblong apex, size:05×01cm, mucous when chewed
Flower: diameter:07mm, yellow, non fragrant
Fruit: capsule, green into brown, size:8×3×2mm
Seed: brown, single, ovate compressed size:7×2×1mm
Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s

Fabaceae, but ….!

Stylosanthes

Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. ?

There seems to be some confusion on ID !

No doubt, yes, it is, dear …  Thank you very much for ID my plant. I think this weed’s seed here comes with wheat grains. I saw another kind of weed seed also with wheat grains. My next request is on this plant, it is only one, rare growing close to Stylosanthes hamata. No wheat cultivation in Kerala, although it is coming from North Indian states.

OK. Please see links I have enclosed !

I will checked all the links and these links also said that my plant is Stylosanthes hamata,

Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub

Id is correct as per Keys at Lucid Central;
Also see
https://www.tropicalforages.stylosanthes_hamata.htm
Looks different from images of Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) Sw. at POWO

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Images of Stylosanthes hamata and Stylosanthes guianensis in Flora of Peninsular India:
Images of Stylosanthes hamata and Stylosanthes guianensis in Flora of Peninsular India, are not correct.

Pl. see discussions at 173 ID wild plant
Pl. correct/ remove.

I had copied mail to FoPI also !

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Small Plant for ID : Borgad Conservation Reserve : Nasik : 20NOV21 : AK – 016: 2 + 2 images.
A small plant with tiny yellow flowers.

Stylosanthes sp. ma’am,
Resembles S. hamata, any more information is there like habit,

This was a tiny plant in the grass on the mountain slope.

This plant was seen close by in the same area.
Is it the same?

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Stylosanthes mucronata for validation from Hemavathi-Reservoir Hassan-GS22022022-5: 5 very high res. images.
Stylosanthes mucronata for validation photographed from near Hemavathi-Reservoir Hassan, Karnataka, 26-9-2015.

I think it is more closer to images at Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.

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Names of Plants in India :: Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.:
Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.

sty-lo-SAN-theez — Greek: stylos (having styles); anthos (flowers) … Dave’s Botanary
ham-AH-tuh or ham-AY-tuh — hooked … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: Caribbean stylo • Bengali: হমাতা hamata • Gujarati: હમાટા hamata • Hindi: हमाटा hamata • Kannada: ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ vilayati pencil gida • Malayalam: ഹമാറ്റ hamaatta • Marathi: हमाटा hamata • Odia: ହମାତା hamata • Tamil: முயல் மசால் muyal masaal • Telugu: హమాటా hamata

botanical names: Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. … homotypic synonyms: Hedysarum hamatum L. … heterotypic synonyms: Anonis americana Aubl. • Ononis cerrifolia Rchb. ex DC. • Stylosanthes eriocarpa S.F.Blake • Stylosanthes procumbens Sw. … and more at POWO, retrieved 07 October 2024

Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Caribbean stylo
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
হমাতা hamata
  • name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
હમાટા hamata
  • name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
हमाटा hamata
  • name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ vilayati pencil gida
  • name coined, for want of name; ವಿಲಾಯತೀ vilayati = foreign, of foreign land; ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ pencil gida = pencil plant, a name given to Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston … derived from the generic name ‘stylo’ given to most of the Stylosanthes species
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ഹമാറ്റ hamaatta
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
हमाटा hamata
  • name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ହମାତା hamata
  • name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
முயல் மசால் muyal masaal
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
హమాటా hamata
  • name coined from the epithet hamata, for want of name
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal; introduced, naturalized, cultivated
~~~~~ Created on: 15:59 07-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:09 08-10-2024 ~~~~~

Hamatta is not a Malayalam name.

Agreed, “hamatta” is not a Malayalam “word”, but the Latin epithet can very well be used as a “name” in any language, I do not think there should be any restriction.
In case you come across any known Malayalam name for this species, please help me with it.
In Maharashtra, this species is known by the name “hamata” though it is not a Marathi word.
This species was introduced long back in south India – I do not know much about it.
Now, it is cultivated in many states of India, as forage and for its seeds; largest production being in Andhra Pradesh.
I have used the specific epithet as a name in most of the regional languages where it is known to be cultivated.
If I get to know of names in those languages, I will place them in the compilation.

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