Category: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Archidendron bigeminum (L.) I.C.Nielsen  images by Prasanna Gogate & Anurag N. Sharma

Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn. (Cultivated) images by Aarti S. Khale & Dinesh Valke

Lysiloma latisiliquum (L.) Benth.   

Lathyrus aphaca L.   Lathyrus emodi (Fritsch) Ali (Afghanistan to Nepal: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO)      Lathyrus odoratus L.  Lathyrus pratensis L. (Europe to Mongolia and Himalaya, Morocco, Ethiopia, Yemen: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, […]

Brya ebenus (L.) DC.   

Pisum sativum L.    

Difference between two species as per Flora of Peninsular India . Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers.   Zornia gibbosa Span. . A new combination in Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers. (Fabaceae, Dalbergieae) from India by M. V. Krishnaraja & N. Mohanana pages 29-32 Summary : Zornia quilonensis Ravi is reduced to a variety under Zornia diphylla L. […]

Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub.   Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. ? 

Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet  

  Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal  Vigna adenantha (G.Mey.)Marechal & al. (Tropics & Subtropics as per POWO) Vigna angularis var. nipponensis (Ohwi) Ohwi & H.Ohashi (Japan; Korea; Nepal; Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life) Vigna bournaea Gamble    Vigna caracalla (L.)Verdc. (Introduced) (Mexico to S. Tropical America: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil […]

Vicia bakeri Ali Vicia bithynica (L.) L. Vicia faba L.   Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. – Annual herb with pinnate leaves and terminal tendril, leaflets linear-lanceolate; flowers purple in axillary clusters on short peduncles; pod up to 6 cm long, flat.   Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa Vicia tenuifolia Roth – Both […]

Uraria crinita (L.) DC.   Uraria lagopodoides (L.) DC. Uraria lagopus var. neglecta (Prain) H.Ohashi   Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC.   Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl.  Images by Dinesh Valke (Identified by Samir Mehta) & Prasad Dash (Inserted by J.M.Garg)      An important document on all legume species growing in India is Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of […]

Ulex europaeus L. 

 Trigonella species in India: Trigonella cachemeriana Canb. T. corniculata (L.) L. (synonym of Trigonella balansae Boiss. & Reut.) T. emodi Benth. T. fimbriata Royle T. foenum-graecum L. T. gracilis Benth. T. incisa Benth. (synonym of Medicago monantha (C.A.Mey.) Trautv.) T. obcordata Benth. T. occulta Delile T. podperae(Sirj.) Vassilcz. T. pubescens Edgew. ex Baker (synonym of […]

Trifolium species in India Trifolium alexandrinum L. T. campestre Schreb. T. cernuum Brot. T. dubium Sibth. T. incarnatum L. T. hybridum L. T. fragiferum L. T. pratense L. T. repens L. T. resupinatum L. T. subterraneum L. T. tomentosum L. References: Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, pp.  262-263. […]

Thermopsis barbata Benth. images by Dr. Nidhan Singh & Rakesh Khedwal (flower photo) Thermopsis inflata Cambess. (Pakistan to Himalaya and W. China: East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO)        . Thermopsis page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Thermopsis page with images of species (done by […]

  Teramnus labialis (L.f.) Spreng.     Teramnus mollis Benth.   Different books and efloras give different and contradicting keys, which are not actually correct on all accounts. Book image in the Flora of Peninsular India gives, two sets of keys, out of which first set (based on calyx) may not be correct. Keys in […]

Tephrosia apollinea (Delile) DC.   Tephrosia calophylla Bedd.     Tephrosia candida (Roxb.) DC. Tephrosia coccinea Wall. Tephrosia maxima (L.) Pers. Tephrosia pentaphylla (Roxb.) G.Don  Tephrosia pumila (Lam.) Pers.  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers. Tephrosia strigosa (Dalzell) Santapau & Maheshw. Tephrosia subtriflora Baker Tephrosia tinctoria Pers.

Taverniera cuneifolia (Roth) Arnott

Tamarindus indica L. images by Dr. Balkar Singh & Dinesh Valke Images by tspkumar