| Hare Foot Uraria |
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| Original date | 5/16/10 7:20 PM |
| Resolution | 1708 x 1281 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 14.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
| Camera model | FE25,X20 |
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Botanical name: Uraria lagopodoides Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Uraria lagopodioides, Hedysarum lagopodioides, Doodia lagopodioides
Synonyms: Uraria lagopodioides, Hedysarum lagopodioides, Doodia lagopodioides
Hare Foot Uraria is a herb, prostrate or spreading, up to 2 ft tall.
Leaves are mostly trifoliolate, rarely 1-foliolate, carried on 1-2 cm long
stalk. Central leaflet is nearly round or elliptic to ovate, 2-6 × 1.5-3
cm, gray-yellow velvety on the underside, base rounded or heart-shaped,
tip rounded or notched. Pale purple pea-like flowers are borne in densely
flowered racemes 3-6 cm long, at the end of branches. Sepal cup is
5-parted; lower sepal about 2 times as long as upper ones, white hairy.
Flowers are about 6 mm - standard obovate, base flat. Pod is enclosed by
sepal cup, black-brown at maturity, small. Flowering: May-September.
Medicinal uses:
Paste of leaves is applied to wounds. The whole
plant is used medicinally for relieving swelling.
Medicinal uses:
Paste of leaves is applied to wounds. The whole
plant is used medicinally for relieving swelling. | Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed at Cherao Hill, Imphal, Manipur. |