Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston

Woody perennial herb or subshrub ; up to 1 m long , usually with a thick woody rootstock and many branches . Stems erect or sometimes prostrate , pubescent to densely hairy and often with sparse to dense bristles . Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets elliptic or lanceolate , acute at base and apex , 5‒33 mm long , 1‒9 mm wide , margin entire , often thickened , usually pubescent and bristly ; stipules 0 . 8–1 . 6 cm long . Inflorescences 3‒5 borne in dense oblong terminal heads ; peduncle 0–5 . 5 cm long . Flowers small , creamy-white to orange ; calyx-lobes oblong , 2 . 5–3 mm long , 0 . 7–1 mm wide ; corolla creamy-white to orange , with red veins and a red mark near base inside ; wings and keel yellow or orange-yellow . Fruit pod , 4–9 mm long , 1–2-jointed , usually densely pubescent . Seeds 1 . 5‒2 mm long , chestnut-brown , shiny , compressed-ellipsoid , beaked or pointed near the hilum . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .

No Data

Not Evaluated (NE)

Not Common

Arachis fruticosa Retz.
Hedysarum hamatum Burm.f.
Stylosanthes mucronata Willd.