About Grasslike Zornia
Zornia gibbosa is a small herb with 2-foliolate leaves and lance-shaped leaflets (up to 2.5 cm) marked with black glands. Its yellow flowers are enclosed in leafy bracts and borne in spikes of four. The pods are 3–6 jointed and densely prickly. It is native across a wide area of tropical and subtropical Asia, from Pakistan and India to Japan and New Guinea.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Zornia gibbosa
- Genus
- Zornia
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles, degraded forests and in plains up to 1400 m Key identification features : Much branched annual herb
- Distribution
- Himalayas, India, China, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Bhutan
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Grasslike Zornia belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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