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Triangular Horse Bush
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Triangular Horse Bush
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Common name: Triangular Horse Bush, Triangular-stemmed horse bush • Assamese: বন লাড়ুঁ Bon Landu, বন ৰহৰ Bon Rohor, গহাটী ঝাৰ Gohate-Jhar, মাখিলতি Makhiloti • Garo: Sambraphong • Kannada: ಅಂತರಿಕೆ ಗಿಡ Antarike Gida, ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ Kaadu Moovile, ನಾಗ ತಗರೆ Naaga Thagare • Karbi: Non-Chang-Pher, Non-The • Khasi: Kakhang-Skei • Koch: ছামৰং-থেপ Samrong-Thep • Kuki: Thing-Kani • Lepcha: Maniphtyol • Malayalam: കാട്ടൂ മൂവില Kattu Moovila • Marathi: चिपाटे Chipate • Mech: Dangshi-Khop • Mizo: Se-Be-Hliang • Sanskrit: पृष्णिपर्णी Prsniparni • Telugu: చేతంద Chetanda, చిట్టెంద Cittenta • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ Kattumoojire Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Dendrolobium triangulare    Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Hedysarum triangulare, Desmodium triangulare
Triangular Horse Bush is a perennial, shrub, 12-15 cm tall, branches are 3-angled, silky-velvety. Leaves are trifoliate - central leaflet 6.5-10 cm long, 3-5 cm broad, lateral ones smaller, obovate, pointed, smooth above, silky below. Flowers are borne in leaf axils, in 20 or more flowered stalked umbels. Flower stalks are 0-2.5 mm long. Sepal cup is 5 mm long, silky pubescent, teeth nearly equal to the cup. Flowers are 8.5 mm long, white. Fruit 1.8-2.5 cm long, pubescent, silky or glabrous, slightly curved, slightly more indented on the lower suture, articles 3-6, as long as broad. Triangular Horse Bush is found in Western Ghats, Himalayas to Taiwan, Malesia and SE China. Flowering: August-October.
Identification credit: R. Vijayasankar Photographed in Mumbai & Manipur.
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