Chauli / Alyce Clover
Alysicarpus vaginalis
Also known as One-Leaved Clover
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alysicarpus vaginalis
- Genus
- Alysicarpus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub forests and cultivated lands
- Habitat type
- Forest, Scrub, Cultivated
- Native to
- Old world tropics
- Distribution
- Old world tropics, introduced into America
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-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 Chauli itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Racemes of up to 12 flowers occur at the stem tips and grow from the .” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“The fruit is a lightly hairy, cylindrical but compressed legume pod up to 2.5 centimeters long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chauli itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Chauli, Sauri
- Telugu
- Baramatal-chettu
- Kannada
- Naamada soppu
- Malayalam
- നില ഓരില
About Chauli
A member of the Fabaceae family, Alyce Clover (Alysicarpus vaginalis) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 16 other states. It grows in scrub forests and cultivated lands. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Uses
Locally it is harvested for fodder and used to hold soil and restore degraded ground.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Chauli belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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