Sweet Alys
Alysicarpus bupleurifolius
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- September-January
How to identify Sweet Alys
Identify Sweet Alys 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: Simple (single blade).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Rajasthan and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alysicarpus bupleurifolius
- Genus
- Alysicarpus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, plains, in grasslands
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangaldesh, Malesia, Myanmar, China, Philippines, Mauritius, Polynesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Rajasthan, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sweet Alys itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Alysicarpus bupleurifolius, the sweet alys, is a perennial herb in the legume family Fabaceae, native to tropical Asia.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sweet Alys itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- നീർമുറി
About Sweet Alys
Sweet Alys (Alysicarpus bupleurifolius) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and 11 other states. It grows in deciduous forests, plains, in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Sweet Alys belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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