Chhuimui / Buddapea
Aeschynomene indica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Chhuimui
Identify Chhuimui by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aeschynomene indica
- Genus
- Aeschynomene
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places and wet pasturelands
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- South Eat USA
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chhuimui itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“The long, narrow legume pod is up to 4.8 centimeters long and is straight or curved, with up to 13 chambers.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit surface
- WartyrecordedCovered in small bumps or warts.
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chhuimui itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Didhen, Phulan, छुईमुई Chhuimui
- Nepali
- ताल खुकुरी Taal Khukuree
- Bengali
- Kath Shola
- Tamil
- சடை Chatai, kitai, kitaichchi
- Kannada
- ಬೆಂಡುಕಸ Bendukasa, Bendu kasa
- Malayalam
- Neli-tali, Nelitali, Nellittali
- Marathi
- नालबी Nalabi
About Chhuimui
Buddapea (Aeschynomene indica) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 16 other states. It grows in moist places and wet pasturelands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, harvested for fodder and burnt as firewood or charcoal. Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Chhuimui belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Fabaceae familySnap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Chhuimui or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.
Common plant problems
If you are starting from symptoms instead of a diagnosis, use the plant disease symptom checker to narrow the cause before treating.
All plant problem & care guides