Category: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd.

Derris canarensis (Dalzell) Baker Derris cuneifolia Benth. (Nepal to China (Guangdong, S. Guangxi) and Peninsula Malaysia, Sulawesi: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO)          Derris heyneana (Wight & Arn.) Benth. Derris monticola (Kurz) Prain Derris ovalifolia (Wight & Arn.)Benth. (BSI Flora of India gives distribution as Maharashtra, Puducherry, […]

  Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.       Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth.     As per efi thread :According to Dr. Almeida’s ‘Flora of Maharashtra’, the pods of D. triangulare are 2 – 2.5 cms. long, slightly curved, indented on both sutures, more deeply on the lower one, joints 3 – 6, as broad as […]

Delonix elata (L.) Gamble Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.

Dalbergia assamica Benth. Dalbergia assamica ? Dalbergia coromandeliana Prain Dalbergia foliolosa Benth. (Cultivated- Lalbagh, Banglore)   Dalbergia horrida (Dennst.) Mabb. Dalbergia lanceolaria L.f. – As per efi thread: D. lanceolaria subsp. lanceolaria has 11-17 leaflets not turning black when dry, and pink flowers, upper two calyx teeth obtuse lower three acute; whereas D. lanceolaria subsp. paniculata  has 9-13 leaflets […]

Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link Images by T. Ekambaram & P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg)    

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.

Cullen corylifolium   Cullen plicatum (Delile) C.H.Stirt.  

Keys in Flora of Bhutan: 1. Leaves trifoliate …. ..2 + Leaves simple …. ..3 2. Racemes usually leaf-opposed, rarely terminal …….. Species 1 (1. C. eytisoides DC.; C. psoralioides D. Don non Lamarck, Priorropis cytisoides (DC.) Wight & Arnott.) & 2 (2. C. bracteata Roxb.) + Racemes always terminal …. Species 3 (3. C. […]

Colvillea racemosa Bojer           

Pods hairy in Codariocalyx gyroides (Link) Hassk. and side leaflets well developed compared to glabrous pods and side leaflets minute in Codariocalyx motorius as per Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri; . Codariocalyx gyroides (Link) Hassk.   Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H.Ohashi . From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :  Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib. Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H. Ohashi Under shrub Western […]

Clitoria annua J.Graham Clitoria arborea Benth.      Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Clitoria 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 […]

Cicer arietinum L. Images by Surajit Koley (Placed here by J.M.Garg)        Cicer microphyllum Benth.

Christia vespertilionis (L.f.) Bakh.f.  

  Key to Indian Species of Cassia Complex (Cassia, Chamaecrista, Senna) 1a The longest filament (or filaments of three anterior stamens) sigmoidally curved, longest more than 2.5 cm long 2 1b The longest filament straight, less than 1 cm long 8   8a Ovary stalk less than 0.9 mm long, fruit less than 9 cm long; braceoles […]

Cercis siliquastrum L.  

Centrosema molle Mart. ex Benth.  Centrosema species in India: Centrosema pubescens Benth. C. virginianum (L.) Benth. Both these species are native of Tropical America and have naturalized in some parts of South India. References: Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India. BSMP Dehradun. pp.111. eFI page     As per efi thread: There seems confusion between Centrosema […]

Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. & C.Fraser  

Cassia bakeriana Craib Cassia fistula L. Cassia grandis L.f. Cassia javanica L. (Filaments swollen in the middle. Ovary hairy, Stipules 12-15 mm long, leafy, leaflets usually obtuse, silky beneath;  petals pink, turning dark red, fading to white) Cassia javanica subsp. nodosa (Roxb.) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen (Filaments swollen in the middle. Ovary hairy, Stipules 5 mm long, linear, not leafy, leaflets acute, glabrous […]

Key available at: Flora of China The genus Canavalia Adans in Malesia Flora of peninsular India Flora of Peninsular India 2 Vegetables – Google Books Result . Canavalia cathartica Thouars   Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. . Canavalia species in India: Canavalia africana Dunn C. cathartica Thouars C. […]