Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Fabaceae / Papilionaceae
Lathyrus aphaca L.
English name: Yellow Vetchling.
Local name: Jangli matar, Rewari.
Description:
A prostrate trailing or scrambling annual herb. Stipules large heart shaped, leaf
modified into tendril. Stem, glabrous. Flowers pale yellow, 1 to 2 on long axillary
peduncles.
Flowering Period:
February toApril.
Habitat:
Commonly found in plains, low hills and near
agricultural fields.
Uses:
Ripe seeds are used as narcotic and flowers are
resolvent. Fruit is edible, a palatable species, grazed
by livestock.
Distribution:
Pakistan, Kashmir; India; Europe; Northern Africa;
South-west and Central Asia, often cultivated.
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