Typical of the Fabaceae family
Alysicarpus vaginalis
Chauli / Alyce Clover നില ഓരില
Malayalam name · See all regional names ↓
Also known as One-Leaved Clover
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Chauli in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Not recorded | Chauli, Sauri |
| Telugu | Not recorded | Baramatal-chettu |
| Kannada | Not recorded | Naamada soppu |
| Malayalam | നില ഓരില | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- Chauli, Sauri
- Telugu
- Baramatal-chettu
- Kannada
- Naamada soppu
- Malayalam
- നില ഓരില
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, Laccadive Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Africa, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia.
- Recorded habitat
- Scrub forests and cultivated lands
- Explore nearby plants
- Maharashtra →Karnataka →Rajasthan →
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How to identify Chauli
Identify Chauli 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 flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat and nearby regions.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chauli itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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