Common name: Wild Gram, Three-lobe-leaf Cowpea • Hindi: मुंगन Mungan, मुगनी Mugani, मुगवन Mugvan • Telugu: Pilli Pesalu
Botanical name: Vigna trilobata Family: Fabaceae (Pea family) Synonyms: Dolichos trilobatus, Phaseolus trilobatus, Phaseolus trilobus
Wild Gram is an annual or perennial legume. Branches are
prostrate, trailing, smooth or velvety. Stipules are peltate (stem joins
in the middle), sometimes spurred, ovate, 4-15 mm long. Leaves are divided
into 3 leaflets and have a 3.7-7.5 cm long stalk. Leaflets are1.2-2.5 cm
long, usually as wide, generally 3-lobed. Flowers occur in few-flowered
racemes. Peduncle is 8-22.5 cm long. Flower stalk is 2.5 mm long, and the
sepal cup 2.5 mm long, with minute teeth. Flowers are yellow, 5-6.5 mm
long. Pods are cylindrical, 2.5-5.0 x 3 mm, 6- to 12-seeded.
Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed near Himmat Sagar Lake, Hyderabad. |
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