Morphological information

Annual, diffuse, much-branched. Stems 30-90 cm long. Slender not bristly. Leaves abruptly pinnate, rhachis 1.3-2.5 cm long, bristly and ending in a long bristle; petioles short; stipules scarious, lanceolate, prolonged below the insertion into long cuspidate or lacerate auricles. Leaflets 3-10 pairs, 6-13 mm long, lineat oblong, obtuse, bristle-pointed, glabrous above and with strong bristles on the midrib and somewhat straight margins. Beneath, base rounded, somewhat unequal sided. Flowers 2.6, in simple racemes from the axils of the upper leaves; peduncles 8mm long, slender, glabrous or with a few scattered bristles; depicels filiform, ascending bracteoles scarious, 4-5 mm long, ovate, acute bristle pointed. Calyx 6-8 mm long with a few scattered bristles, rigid, veins closely parallel, simple; lips equal, entire, acute, corolla yellow, 10mm long. Pods flattened; joints 4-6, orbicular, margined, densely papillose on the faces.

Flowering           : August-October.

Fruiting              : October-December

Medicinal            : Plant in the form of a lotion used for headache.

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