[Home | Genus | Latin names]

Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.)DC.

Email comments
HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Alysicarpus Desv.

Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Alysicarpus longifolius sensu Span., non Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Alysicarpus violaceus Schindl. {Synonym}
    Alysicarpus violaceus sensu (Forssk.)Schindl., p.p. {Misapplied}
    Alysicarpus wallichii Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum rugosum Willd. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Sheora [3626]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [210]; Chad (N) [64]; Djibouti (N) [239]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [210]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [237]; Mali (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Namibia (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [8]; Swaziland (N) [1753]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Asia
China (N) [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; India (N) [1947, 3009, 3012, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3094, 3108, 3118, 3140, 3144, 3366, 3372, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3584, 3587, 3623]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Bihar [3587]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Diu [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3623]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3108]; Manipur [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3118]; Indonesia (N) [3012, 3898]; Bali [3012]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1937]; Myanmar (N) [1938]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Thailand (N) [1971]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (U) [3012]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; Florida [3157]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [237];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1915, 1937, 1938, 1947, 3022, 3100, 3402, 3418, 3898] ; Illustration [24, 210, 1937, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb [3402] [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract,

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [3034, 3626]; Forage [236, 3030, 3626]; Medicine [236]

  
NOTES:
  Has not been found in the Mascarenes since this 19th Century collection. [1915]
  Thruoghout tropical regions of the Old World. [1937]
  A.violaceus synonym does not include Hedysarum violaceum sensu Forsk. [3012]
  Commerson collected one specimen which was cultivated in Jardin des [1915]
  Pamplemousses, Mauritius in the early 19th century, but it has not been found [1915]
  since on the Mascarenes. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

236.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

237.

  Verdcourt, B., 1974
    Kirkia 9:359-556.Hedysareae in the Flora Zambesiaca area.

239.

  Bavazzano, R., 1972
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa

1753.

  Schrire, B.D., 1988
    Bothalia 18:11-24...Desmodieae in southern Africa

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1937.

  Thuan, N. et al., 1987
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1971.

  Craib, W.G., 1928
    Florae Siamensis Enumeratio, vol 1, Part 3. Bangkok: Siam So

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3012.

  Van Meeuwen et al.,, 1961
    Reinwardtia 6(1):85-108.

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3022.

  Verma, D.M. et al., 1985
    Flora of Raipur, Durg and Rajnandgaon

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3100.

  Kulkarni, B.G., 1988
    Flora of Sindhudurg

3108.

  Deshpande, S. et al., 1993
    Flora of Mahabaleshwar and adjoinings, Maharashtra Vol 1

3118.

  Prain, D., 1905
    The vegetation ... Hugli-Howarh and 24-Pergunaha

3140.

  Chowdhery, H.J. & Wadhwa, B.M., 1984
    Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.1

3144.

  Naithani, B.D., 1984
    Flora of India series 3. Flora of Chamoli. B.S.I. Calcutta

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3372.

  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3418.

  Yang, Y.C. & Huang, P.H., 1995
    Trifidacanthus &...In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae,41 (Leguminosae 3)

3584.

  Sharma, B.M. & Kachroo, P., 1979
    Flora of Jammu & Plants of Neibourhood, Vol. 1.

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.

3623.

  Vajravelu, E., 1990
    Flora of Palghat Distr. including Silent Valley Nat.Park.

3626.

  Publ. & Inform. Directorate, 1985
    The welth of India:Dictionary of Indian Raw Materials..Vol.1

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
[Home | Genus | Latin names]
Version 10.38 20 July 2010
© ILDIS 2006-2013
Page last revised:  24/01/2013,  11:39:56    Aweb for Alice overview