Category: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.) D.Don images by Dr. Nidhan Singh & Sweta Bhatt (flower photo)       Piptanthus page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Piptanthus page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody […]

  Phyllodium longipes (Craib) Schindl. (Cultivated in India)         Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. (Wild in India)   Images by Sandhya S         From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :   Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Phyllodium pulchellum ( L.) Desv. Subshrub Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Deciduous to Moist Deciduous Forests […]

Phaseolus coccineus L.             Phaseolus lunatus L.           Phaseolus vulgaris L.        images by Dr. Vijayasankar Raman   Phaseolus & Lablab pages with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Phaseolus & Lablab pages with images of species […]

  Differences and keys as per Trees of Delhi and at Peltophorum africanum , Peltophorum africanum (Cultivated) Peltophorum pterocarpum   . Species with description in Flora of Pakistan :   Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K. Heyne . An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details- Peltophorum pterocarpum) . Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide […]

Parochetus communis D.Don Parochetus page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Parochetus page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the […]

Parkinsonia aculeata L. Images by Ranjendra Shinde, Satish Phadke and tspkumar     

As per The Indo-Pacific Species of Parkia (Leguminosae : Mimosoideae) Helen C. Fortune Hopkins Kew Bulletin Vol. 49, No. 2 (1994), pp. 181-234: Leaflets acute at apex; overall shape either oblong but narrowing towards the apex or somewhat sigmoid. Leaflets small, 6-10-5 x 1-2 mm, 52-72 pairs per pinna; valves of pods usually not indented […]

Paracalyx scariosus (Roxb.) Ali Images by Prasad Dash (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     

Oxytropis cachemiriana Cambess.   Oxytropis lapponica (Wahlenb.) Gay Oxytropis microphylla (Pall.) DC. Oxytropis microphylla ?     Oxytropis mollis Benth. Oxytropis pusilla Bunge Oxytropis tatarica Baker Oxytropis williamsii Vassilcz.   Oxytropis species ?- Ladakh Astragalus amherstianus Benth. Astragalus chlorostachys Lindl. Astragalus confertus Bunge Astragalus frigidus (L.) A.Gray Astragalus grahamianus Benth. Astragalus himalayanus Klotzsch Astragalus leucocephalus Bunge Astragalus […]

Ormocarpum sennoides (Willd.) DC. images by Anurag N. Sharma     Ormocarpum page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Ormocarpum page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species […]

  Neptunia oleracea Lour. images by Dinesh Valke     Neptunia triquetra (Vahl) Benth. Images by Prashant Awale & Aarti Khale (Identified by Satish Pardesi & Varun Sharma)  

Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms

Mundulea sericea (Willd.) A.Chev.  

  Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Mucuna bennettii F.Muell. (Introduced)       Mucuna bracteata DC. Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.    Mucuna imbricata DC. ex Baker, J. D. Hooker    Mucuna macrocarpa Wall. Mucuna monosperma Wight Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steud. Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruiens Mucuna pruriens var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) L.H.Bailey . An important […]

Moullava spicata (Dalzell) Nicolson        

Key to Indian species of Genus Mimosa except Mimosa diplotricha 1a. Rachis shorter than 5 cm ….  (2) 1b. Rachis longer than 5 cm …. (3)   2a. Pinnae 1-2 pairs, clustered (digitate) at tip of rachis; leaflets 12-20 pairs; pod glabrous, 3-5 seeded …….    Mimosa pudica 2b. Pinnae 3-5 pairs, spaced on rachis; leaflets […]

Millettia extensa (Benth.) Baker Millettia glaucescens Kurz (Bhutan (N); India (N); Assam; Sikkim; West Bengal; Myanmar (N); Nepal (N); Thailand (N) as per ILDIS) Millettia pachycarpa Benth. Millettia peguensis Ali Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi   Millettia pulchra Kurz ? Millettia rubiginosa Wight & Arn.   Millettia species- Tamdil, Mizoram . Millettia (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Fabaceae (Leguminosae)‎) page with images of species in efloraofindia : […]

Melilotus albus Medik.    Melilotus indicus (L.) All.  Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall.  Melilotus page with images of species in efloraofindia. : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Melilotus page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia. If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species […]

Medicago edgeworthii Sirj. (Afghanistan (U) ; China (N); Quinghai ; Sichuan; Xizang Zizhiqu; Yunnan; India (N); Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir; Punjab; Uttar Pradesh]; Nepal (N); Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS) Medicago falcata L. Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. Medicago lupulina L. Medicago minima (L.) Grufberg.     Medicago monantha (C.A.Mey.) Trautv. Medicago polymorpha L. Medicago polymorpha var. denticulata (Willd.) Kerguélen   Medicago sativa […]

Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb.          Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.          images by Muthu Karthick, N; identified by Dr. Tanay Bose          image by Siva Siva, identified by Aarti S. Khale       image & id by Aarti S. Khale      . Macroptelium page with […]