Fabaceae
Alysicarpus

Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 2: 353 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Benin to Socotra, Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sahel regional transition zone; grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Chatta-ki-Ghas, Jhuhi Ghas
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Slender diffuse annual; stem pubescent
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflet cordate-ovate, oblong or, in upper leaves, lanceolate, 1.5–6 x 0.5–2 cm, both sides prominently veined and puberulous, also some longer hairs beneath; margins ciliate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes axillary and terminal, very lax
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 4 mm long with linear lobes usually shorter than the first article of the pod
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla about as long as or slightly exceeding calyx
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to 2 cm long, with deep constrictions between the 3–4(–6) oblong articles, slightly wrinkled, pubescent.
Distribution
C1; S3
Ecology
Altitude up to c. 400 m.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0