Category: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Lupinus angustifolius L. (Introduced) (Medit.: Albania, Bulgaria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Corse, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe; Introduced into: Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Florida, […]

Lotus corniculatus L. Images by J.M. Garg & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg)      

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit

Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. (Cultivated) Lespedeza gerardiana Maxim. (Bhutan (N) ; India (N); Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir; Punjab; Sikkim; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal; Nepal (N); Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS)        Lespedeza juncea (L.f.) Pers. Lespedeza juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) Lace & Hauech  Lespedeza tomentosa (Thunb.) Maxim. (W. China to Indian Subcontinent, Mongolia to Central & S. Japan: Assam, India, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Primorye, […]

Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet    Images by Dr. Nidhan Singh       

Keys available in the book pages in Flora of Peninsular India : . Indigofera angulosa Edgew. ? Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A.Rich. (India (I): Arunachal Pradesh; Bihar; Karnataka; Orissa; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS) (Indigofera arrecta is a East African species introduced into India and cultivated largely in British times as its other major source […]

Hardwickia binata Roxb.

Glycyrrhiza glabra L.   Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Maxim.   Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis P.C.Li    

Glycine max (L.) Merr.                Glycine max subsp. soja (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Ohashi (South Korea)    

Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp. Images by tsp kumar 

  Geissaspis cristata Wight & Arn. images by Dinesh Valke & Prashant Awale   Geissaspis tenella Benth. Images by Anurag N. Sharma     Zornia, Spartium, Lupinus, Cytisus, Ulex, Laburnum & Geissaspis pages with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Zornia, Spartium, Lupinus, Cytisus, Ulex, Laburnum & Geissaspis pages (done […]

Galactia longiflora Arn.     Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn.  (images by Muthu Karthick, N. & identified by Dr. Vijayasankar Raman) images by Nadeem Waqif and identified by Dr. Vijayasankar Raman & J.M.Garg (images by Muthu Karthick, M. and identified by J.M.Garg)      Galactia species ? (images by Prashant Awale (id Shrikant Ingalhalikar) and […]

Taxonomic revision of the genus Flemingia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) in India (pdf)- Sandip Kisan Gavade, Laurentius Josephus Gerardus van der Maesen, Manoj Madhwanand Lekhak- November 2020 Webbia 75(2):141-218. (Abstract: Indian Flemingia species are grouped under five subgenera, namely Chalaria, Flemingiastrum, Lepidocoma, Ostryodium and Rhynchosioides. Here, we revise the taxonomy of the genus (excluding subg. Rhynchosioides) based on the study of live material and […]

  on the way to Ajinkya Tara – Satara– Sep 10, 2010; Fabaceae sp ? (15.09.2010 NSJ) – efloraofindia | Google Groups   Mimosaceae Tree for Identification 190412MK02: Please help me to identify this tree species. Is this Acacia ferruginea? I could not see the flowers but only pods. Pods were of 10-12cm long and […]

Erythrina arborescens Roxb. Erythrina bidwillii Lindl. (cultivated) Erythrina crista-galli L. (Cultivated)   i   Erythrina fusca Lour. Erythrina mitis Jacq. (Cultivated)   Erythrina stricta Roxb.    Erythrina suberosa Roxb.    Erythrina subumbrans (Hassk.) Merr.   Erythrina variegata L.  Erythrina vespertilio Benth. (Cultivated) . An important document on all legume species growing in India is Sanjappa, M. […]

Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.    

Entada rheedii Spreng. images by Prashant Awale & Dr. Prasad Dash (legume & leaves)

Dolichos trilobus L.  Images by Anurag N. Sharma & identified by Dr. P. Santhan    From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :    Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Dolichos trilobus L. Twiner Plains and Low elevation, Dry Localities Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983 All districts    FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ […]

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. Images by J.M.Garg    Images by tspkumar  

Desmodium alysicarpoides Meeuwen Desmodium benthamii N.P.Balakr. Desmodium caudatum (Thunb.) DC. (Himalaya to S. Central & S. Japan and W. Malesia: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)    Desmodium concinnum DC.  Desmodium confertum DC. Desmodium dichotomum […]