Sophora velutina Lindl. (Syn: Indigofera mairei H.Lev.; Sophora cavaleriei (H.Lev.) P.C.Tsoong; Sophora glauca DC.; Sophora mollis Span.; Sophora philippinensis Merr.); India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka; Kerala; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra ; Orissa; Tamil Nadu & other countries as per ILDIS; Shrubs, ca. 2 m high; young branches, rachis and leaves densely velutinous. Leaves 15-20 cm; leaflets 13-41, opposite or nearly opposite, 1-4 × 0.5-2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong, or ovate-oblong, papery, hairy on both surfaces, glabrous, or glabrous adaxially, midvein raised, base rounded or obtuse, apex acuminate or acute with mucro; stipules linear, 6-7 mm, villous; Racemes opposite with leaf or pseudo-opposite, 15-20(-30) cm. Flowers many, widely spaced; bracts similar to stipule, 6-8 mm, hairy; pedicel short, 2-3 mm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 13 mm; teeth 5, unequal, dark brown hairy. Standard petal reflexed, obovate-lanceolate or obovate-oblong, ca. 16 × 3-5 mm, apex retuse, narrowing to base; wings oblong, less than 15 mm, base auriculate; keel falcate, slightly shorter than wings. Stamens 10, free or slightly fused at base. Ovary terete, densely yellow pubescent, stalked; ovules 4-6; style straight, glabrous; stigma capitate, very small. Fruit moniliform, slightly compressed, 6-10 × 0.7-1 cm, hairy or nearly glabrous; seeds 2-4, yellow or yellow-brown, oblong-reniform, ends acute to rounded. Flowering and fruiting: March-February Evergreen forests India, Nepal and West China
Sophora velutina Lindl. (= S. glauca DC); Fam: Fabaceae 23/10/2011, Yercaud, 1300m altitude, wild shrub, flowering. Sophora velutina Lindl. SN may 25 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2). Sophora velutina Lindl. (= S. glauca DC); Fam: Fabaceae, Sophora glauca Lesh.ex DC. Ann. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Sophora glauca Lesh. ex DC. Ann., wild shrub from Yercaud hill station of Tamilnadu Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Sophora velutina :: Dandeli WLS :: DVOCT116 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 7 images. Sophora velutina Lindl. at off KSH No. 34 near Kumbharda on May 29, 2011 Oh yes. So nice of you.
ID request- 31052011-PKA1: Kindly help me in identifying this plant.. Date/Time: 29-05-2011 / 09:15AM Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Shrub (around 5 ft tall, but looks like Cows must be consuming it as fodder) Kindly have a look at enclosed photographs. May be Mundulea Sp. Toptropical site shows very nice pictures of a Mundulea Sp from south africa, flower color (magenta to deep pink, uniformly) is different though... Is it medicinal? could not find it in classical ayurvedic texts... is there a local or sanskrit name? Mundulea sericea Fabaceae. See the link. it is not M. sericea at least, which is a tall shrub and totally different from this. It may be an another sp in Mundulea or its allied genus. The search is still on... Could this be Sophora glauca Lesh.ex DC. Ann. of Fabaceae? Please refer the previous discussion |
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