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Macrotyloma uniflorum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Lamarck) Verdcourt

Common Names

• Kuratta Kalai (India)
• Ying pi dou (Pinyin)
• Horse Gram
• Kulthi (Hindi)
• Kulaththa (Sanskrit)
• Kekara (Indonesia)
• Muthiva (Indonesia)
• Pè-bi-zât (Myanmar)
• Goa Bean
• Horse Bean
• Madras Gram

Geographical Habitats

• Australia
• Bhutan
• Cape Verde Islands
• S. Taiwan - China
• Ethiopia
• India
• Indonesia
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Perennial or annual hairy erect or twining herb or shrub with pubescent stems, axillary clusters of 1-3 flowers, 12mm flowers yellow to yellow-green with purple spot on standard, calyx to 12mm, yellow corolla to 16mm, pubescent falcate legume 55mm x 8mm, hairy leaves or glabrescent above, downy beneath, terminal leaflet 50mm long, lateral leaflets unequal-sided, villous branches

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• JDH
• APDC
• Mansfeld
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• ILDIS