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Congested Flower Smithia
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Congested Flower Smithia
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Common name: Congested Flower Smithia • Assamese: অলক্ষণী Alokhyani • Dogri: लक्ष्मन बूटी Laxman Booti • Gujarati: લક્ષ્મણા Lakshmana • Hindi: लक्ष्मणा Lakshmana • Kannada: ಕುಡುಹುಲ್ಲು Kuduhullu • Konkani: नाईची भाजी Naichi Bhaji • Malayalam: മുതിരപുല്ല് Muthirapullu, തിരുതാളി Thiruthaali • Marathi: बरका Barka, नाईची भाजी Naichi Bhaji • Mundari: Boror Ara, Loyong-Masuria, Pui-Masuria • Nepali: लक्ष्मन बुटी Laxman Buti • Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମଣବୁଟି Laxmanbuti • Punjabi: ਲਖਸ਼ਮਣਾ Lakshmana • Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणा Laksmana • Tamil: இலைகண்ணி Ilaikanni • Telugu: లక్ష్మణా Laksmana • Tulu: ಕುಡುಪಂತಿ Kudupanthi • Urdu: لکشمنا Lakshmana Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Smithia conferta var. conferta    Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Smithia hispidissima
Congested Flower Smithia is an annual herb, 3-4 ft long. Branches are long, straight loke a rod, straggling, smooth with very long intemodes below. Alternately arranged leaves are small, compound. Rachis is bristly. Leaflets are 8-16, 0.6-1.2 cm long, oblong, blunt, with a short point at the tip. Leaves are hairless above. Yellow flowers appear in pairs in the axils of upper leaves, crowded at the end of branches. They are shaped like pea flowers. Flowering: November.
Identification credit: J.M. Garg, Aparna Watve Photographed in Maharashtra.
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