Rothia indica

Rothia indica (L.) Druce (syn: Dillwynia trifoliata Roth; Lotus indicus Desr.; Rothia trifoliata (Roth) Pers.; Trigonella indica L.; Westonia indica (L.) Kuntze);

Asia: India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Bihar ; Delhi ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir ; Karnataka ; Kerala; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Orissa ; Pondicherry ; Punjab ; Tamil Nadu ; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal ; Yanan ; Indonesia (N) ; Laos (N) ; Malaysia (N) ; Peninsular Malaysia (N) ; Sri Lanka (N) ; Vietnam (N) Australia (N) ; Australasia: Northern Territory ; Western Australia as per ILDIS;

Prostrate annual herbs; stems pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 0.7-1.8 x 0.3-0.7 cm, obovate or oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex obtuse or rounded, mucronate, appressed hairy beneath; stipules c. 3 mm long, linear-lanceolate; petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Flowers subsessile, axillary, solitary or fascicled; bracts 2-3 mm long, lanceolate. Calyx tube to 3 mm long, turbinate; lobes c. 2.5 mm long, lanceolate, sparsely ciliate. Petals yellow, clawed; standard c. 6 mm long, ovate-oblong; wings narrow; keels cohering, falcate. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary c. 3 mm long, linear, hirsute; stigma capitate. Pods 2.5-5 x 0.15-0.2 cm, linear, compressed, mucronate, pubescent. Seeds many, c. 1.5 mm long, reniform.

Flowering and fruiting: August-December

Deciduous forests, also in the plains

Indo-Malesia and Australia

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

from India Biodiversity Portal)
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