About Pycnospora
Pycnospora lutescens is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a subshrub or perennial native to east-central tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, eastern Malesia, and northern Australia. It is the sole species in genus Pycnospora. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. In Africa, Pycnospora lutescens grows in woodland, bushland, grassland, and thicket in the Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic, and woodland, bushland, and thicket in the Somali-Masai region of Kenya and Tanzania.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pycnospora lutescens
- Genus
- Pycnospora
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also in the plains Key identification features : Perennial herb with trailing stems
- Distribution
- Africa, Tropical Asia from India to Phillipines, New Guinea and Northern Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- നീര പുല്ലരീ Nir-pullari
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Pycnospora belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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