Comments
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This taxon has generally been referred to as
Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers. (Baker in Hook.f.,Fl.Brit.Ind.2:147.1876; Cooke l.c.) but as shown by Mohlenbrock (l.c.)
Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers. is confined to Ceylon and S. India and our plant should correctly be known as
Zornia gibbosa Span.
Mohlenbrock (l.c.) has listed Pondichery, under Cochinchina. This is obviously an oversight for Pondichery is a well known S. Indian locality.
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Description
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Annual, branches prostrate or ascending, glabrous or pubescent. Leaf bifoliolate, petiole 6.0-20 mm long, leaflets 0.7-3.0 cm long, 3.5-10 mm broad, sessile, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate or linear, glandular punctate below, glabrous. Inflorescence a 3-12-flowered raceme, 2.5-10 cm long. Bracts foliaceous, up to 1.3 cm long, black dotted, completely enclosing the flower. Calyx 3.5-4 mm long, 2 upper teeth obtuse, united, ciliate above, 2 lateral teeth smaller, the lowest longest, acute, ciliate. Corolla 7-8 mm long. Fruit 1-6 jointed, joints c. 2.5 mm long, indehiscent, echinate.
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Distribution
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Himalaya, India, east to China, Malaysia, Australia.
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Distribution
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Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir, India (Punjab, Kumaon, Madras, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh), Nepal, Burma, Australia (Northern Territory), Celebes, China, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl.Per.: August-September.
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Physical Description
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Annual, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves palmately 2-3 foliate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 2, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Flowers solitary in axils, or appearing solitary, Inflorescences spikes or spike-like, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts conspicuously present, Flowers sessile or nearly so, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 2- lipped or 2-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals orange or yellow, Petals bicolored or with red, purple or yellow streaks or spots, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a loment, jointed, separating into articles, Fruit unilocular, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruits reniform, Fruits quadrangulate, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit hairy, Fruit gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Fruit 2-seeded, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.