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Three leaflets
As recorded for Golden-Flowered Snoutbean
✿Fabaceae · Rhynchosia

Rhynchosia aurea

Golden-Flowered Snoutbean

Habit
Herb
Found in India
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Flowering
February-March

Ecology & growing context

Native status · Kew WCVP
WCVP native range includes Assam, India, West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗

Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Indian Subcontinent.

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How to identify Golden-Flowered Snoutbean

Identify Golden-Flowered Snoutbean 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: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
  • Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
  • Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
  • In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-March.
  • In India, compare location records such as Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
  • Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Golden-Flowered Snoutbean.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Rhynchosia aurea
Genus
Rhynchosia
Family
Fabaceae
Habit
Herb
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka
Found in India
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Flowering & fruiting
February-March
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Trifoliate (three leaflets) leaf type
Leaf type
Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
Leaf surface
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded

Typical of the family

Alternate arrangement leaf character
Arrangement
Alternate
Entire margin leaf character
Margin
Entire
Pinnate venation leaf character
Venation
Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Golden-Flowered Snoutbean itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour
Yellowrecorded

Typical of the family

Raceme inflorescence
Inflorescence
Raceme
Fruit
Legume

Characters marked “recorded” are for Golden-Flowered Snoutbean itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Golden-Flowered Snoutbean

Golden-Flowered Snoutbean (Rhynchosia aurea) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from February to March.

Illustration representing the Fabaceae family
Botanical family

Fabaceae

Legume/Bean family

Golden-Flowered Snoutbean belongs to the Fabaceae family.

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