Neptunia triquetra

Neptunia triquetra (Vahl) Benth. (Desmanthus triquetris Willd.; Desmanthus triquetrus Willd. [Spelling variant]; Mimosa triquetra Vahl);

Images by Prashant Awale & Aarti Khale (Identified by Satish Pardesi & Varun Sharma)

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Common name: Yellow Sensitive Plant • Tamil: Aticharanachani, Chumankai, Chupanke • Telugu: chinna nidra kanti

India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Orissa ; Pondicherry ; Punjab ; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; Myanmar (N) as per ILDIS;

A small, prostrate, perennial herb with 2-pinnate leaves, yellow flowers and with 2-2.5cm long oblong, flat beaked pods.

Neptunia Sp? : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)

Came across this Prostrate herb at a small field within Nagpur City.
Family: Mimosaceae
Date: 17-10-2009
Definitely some sp. of Neptunia. The soil where i found this was more or less dry.
Kindly provide the ID for this..

Neptunia oleracea?

… has identified this as Neptunia triquetra. Here is his reply…

“this is Neptunia triquetra Bth. in Hook. Lond. J. Bot. 4: 355, 1842.
i collected in wet places in Mumbai.

the leaves are sensitive to touch”

Small Plant For ID : Nasik : 16NOV15 : AK-2 : 02/02 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)

Small plant with flat pods seen at Gangapur Grasslands on 15th Oct,15.

There were no flowers when the picture was taken.

Unfortunately, I have only one picture.

Leaves very close to Mimosa Species.

it is Cassia sps

Thanks for the id.

… too has suggested Cassia mimosoides or Cassia pumila.