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Uraria rufescens (Dc.) Schindl.

Species

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Characteristics

Subshrubs. Stems erect, 40-100 cm tall, gray-white pilose and brown hooked hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 1-2.5 cm, hairy; leaflet blades elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 3-8 × 2-4 cm, abaxially pilose, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 11-13 on each side of midvein, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex rounded or sometimes emarginate. Inflorescences terminal, 10-20 cm, densely hooked hairy and pubescent. Flowers sparse. Pedicel short, initially ca. 3 mm, hairy, elongated to 5-6 mm at fruiting, apically hooked. Calyx ca. 3 mm, pubescent, 5-parted; lower lobes longer than tube, upper lobes slightly shorter. Co­rolla purple, 2-3 × as long as calyx. Legume 4-7-jointed; arti­cles gray-brown, compressed, slightly reticulate veined. Fl. and fr. Oct-Nov. 2n = 22.
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An annual herb. It tends to lie along the ground or be slightly climbing. It grows 40-100 cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 3-8 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. There are hairs underneath. The flowers are small and yellow. The pods are small.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in old paddy fields after harvesting or in other dried out soils. In southern China it grows on mountain slopes below 900 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The seeds are cooked and eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified)
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Images

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Distribution

Uraria rufescens world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524426-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197730
COL ID 7DP4S
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Synonyms

Meibomia rufescens Desmodium horsfieldii Uraria rufescens Desmodium rufescens Doodia hamosa Uraria lanceolata Uraria desmodioides Dollinera rufescens Hedysarum rufescens Desmodium dasyphyllum Uraria paniculata Uraria hamosa Doodia simplicifolia Meibomia dasyphylla Meibomia horsfieldii
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