About Carribbean Stylo
Stylosanthes hamata, the Caribbean stylo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the islands of the Caribbean, and nearby areas on the mainland; Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela, and it has been introduced as a forage crop to Florida, Peru, Brazil, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Benin, India, Thailand, Hainan, and northern Australia. There are diploid and tetraploid cultivars, with the tetraploids being more drought tolerant and more frequently sown for pasture.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stylosanthes hamata
- Genus
- Stylosanthes
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests Key identification features : A perennial herb; Leaves trifoliate; Flowers long; Fruit flattened pod with a hook at the apex
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Introduced and naturalised in all Tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- हमाटा Hamata
- Bengali
- হমাতা Hamata
- Tamil
- முயல் மசால் Muyal Masaal
- Kannada
- ವಿಲಾಯತೀ ಪೆನ್ಸಿಲ್ ಗಿಡ Vilayati Pencil Gida
- Malayalam
- ഹമാറ്റ Hamaatta
- Marathi
- हमाटा Hamata
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Carribbean Stylo belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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