✿Fabaceae · Stylosanthes
Stylosanthes guianensis
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- July-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stylosanthes guianensis
- Genus
- Stylosanthes
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Foothills of forests and village sides
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Central America
- Distribution
- Introduced and naturalised in Tropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Stylosanthes guianensis itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Stylosanthes guianensis itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Stylosanthes guianensis
A member of the Fabaceae family, Stylosanthes guianensis is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in foothills of forests and village sides. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Stylosanthes guianensis belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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