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Leguminosae
Synonyms
Hedysarum biarticulatum L.
Common names
Darwin engordo caballo (the Philippines).
Description
Herb, 15 to 30 cm high, slender stems, petiole 0.3 to 0.6 cm
long, leaflets rigidly coriaceous, pale green, oblong-ovate 1 to 1.25 cm
long, nearly digitate. Racemes 7.5 to 15 cm, lower flowers two to four
together. Pod with two joints (rarely one), round-oblong, pubescent, 0.4
cm long, both sutures deeply indented (Hooker, 1879).
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaysia, northern Australia.
Characteristics
An erect strong annual; low productivity, high palatability.
High resistance to trampling and recovery from grazing. Adaptable to poor
soils; and grows from seed. Has no resistance to waterlogging. Produces
a large quantity of seed of moderate viability (Farinas, 1966).
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