About Least Snoutbean
Rhynchosia minima is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names least snout-bean, burn-mouth-vine, and jumby-bean. It can be found on every continent. It is naturalized in Hawaii. This perennial herb has twining or trailing stems which can reach 1.2 meters in length. The leaves are made up of three leaflets measuring up to 3 to 3.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme of up to 15 flowers. The flowers are yellow with purple or brown veining and measure up to 8 millimeters long. The fruit is one or two centimeters long. This common plant is used as animal forage.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rhynchosia minima
- Genus
- Rhynchosia
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-February
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- कुलटा kulata, कुलथी kulthi
- Tamil
- காலியாந்துவரை kali-y-an-tuvarai, காட்டுக்கொள் kattu-k-koli, துவரைவகை thuvaraivakai
- Telugu
- గడ్డి చిక్కుడు gaddi-chikkudu
- Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಟದವರೆ bettadavare, ಘಟ್ಟದವರೆ ghattadavare
- Marathi
- धाकटा रानघेवडा dhakta ranghevada
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Least Snoutbean belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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