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Sweet Alys

Alysicarpus bupleurifolius

Description 3

Stem 30-60 cm long, erect, with a line of hairs. Stipules 6-9 mm long, scarious. Leaf unifoliolate, petiole 1.5-2.5 mm long, petiolules small, stipels minute, caducous, leaflet 8 mm-6.8 cm long, 3-8 mm broad, glabrous or minutely hairy along the midrib on the under surface. Inflorescence a lax raceme, flowers in distant pairs. Bracts 6-8 mm long, scarious. Pedicel c. 2 mm long. Calyx 6-7 mm long, teeth less than half the length of calyx, acute, sparsely hairy. Corolla red. Pods 9-13 mm long, stalked, slightly moniliform, joints 4-8, glabrous, smooth.

Distribution 4

Distribution: Pakistan; India (Punjab, U.P., Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Behar, Bombay, Madras, Assam); Burma, Malaysia, China, Philippines; Mauritius, Polynesia.

General habitat 5

Grasslands

Habitat and ecology 6

Habitat and Ecology

A. bupleurifolius is a perennial herb which occurs in deciduous, rain, evergreen and subhumid forests. It has been reported from wastelands, grasslands, field margins and sunny places in valleys. In Queensland, Australia, it has been described as a widespread which prefers well-drained situations (Hacker 1990). However, in the Asian part of its range the species appears to require shallow water to survive and is often found in ponds, water-filled ditches and along canals.

Systems
  • Terrestrial
  • Freshwater

Local Names 7

Gahun-Khad

Flowering and fruiting 7

Aug-Oct

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Vinayaraj, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Alysicarpus_bupleurifolius_05.JPG
  2. (c) MBG, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.mobot.org/tropicosdetailimages/TropicosImages2/100179000/5983597E-52E9-4BA7-A575-6CF504625C9D.jpg
  3. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5002766
  4. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5002767
  5. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26041478
  6. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34293002
  7. (c) Chandan Pandey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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