Tropical Sensitive Pea is a glandular-hairy annual herb, growing up to 60
cm tall. Leaf stalks are up to 4 cm, without a gland. Leaves are compound
with 2 pairs of opposite leaflets with a gland on the main rib between
each pair. Flowers are borne at the end of branches. Petals are 5-6 mm,
yellow, orange, salmon or pinkish-red with reddish-brown veins. Stamens
are 5, nearly equal, filaments straight. Pods are 3-6 cm long, flat.
Tropical Sensitive Pea is found in disturbed grassland or open woodland,
also on roadsides, and former cultivated areas.
Identification credit: N. S. Dungriyal
Photographed in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
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