Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Glycine involucrata Wall., Shuteria vestita var. involucrata (Wall.) Baker
Habit:
Climber
Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, often in the plains
Flowering
& Fruiting: November-April
Distribution:
India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Malesia, China
Key
identification features: Slender twiners, stem villous.
Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets unequal, Racemes axillary; Flowers many, white,
deflexed; petals white, orbicular, keel oblong; stamens 9 + 1; ovary
many-ovuled, densely hairy. Pods oblong, flat, densely hispid; seeds many,
cubical.
Uses:
Used
as a green manure and cover crop in coffee, tea plantations
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