✿Fabaceae · Zornia
Landgu / Grasslike Zornia
Zornia gibbosa
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Zornia gibbosa
- Genus
- Zornia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles, degraded forests and in plains up to 1400 m
- Distribution
- Himalayas, India, China, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Bhutan
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Zornia gibbosa is a small herb with 2-foliolate leaves and lance-shaped leaflets (up to 2.5 cm) marked with black glands.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Landgu 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 Landgu itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Telugu
- నేలబరికి nela bariki
- Kannada
- ಎಲು ಪೊಟ್ಟಿ elu potti, ನೆಲ್ಲು ಜೊಳ್ಳು ಸೊಪ್ಪು nellu jollu soppu
- Malayalam
- കൊഴുപ്പ kozhuppa, മുറികൂട്ടി murikkotti
- Marathi
- लांडगु landgu
About Landgu
Grasslike Zornia (Zornia gibbosa) is a herb in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra and 14 other states. It grows in scrub jungles, degraded forests and in plains up to 1400 m. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Landgu belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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