Family: Fabaceae

Common Name: चिकटा

Etymology - Genus: From the Greek desmos (band or chain) and refers to the jointed seed pods

Etymology - Species: Divided or forked in pairs

Ecosystem: Annual

Origin: Native

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Description: Annual herb, grows up to 5-6 feet. Stem has minute, stiff hairs and has groves.Trifoliate leaf with foliaceous (leaf like) stipule, ringed round the stem. Appears as if the stem is split between two petiole. Hair on petiole. Terminal leaflet - ovate, two lateral leaflets asymmetric, with oblique base. Presence of stipels (secondary stipules) on rachis.Flowers are born in a long raceme with foliaceous bract.Flat pods, when mature look like a tail of a scorpion. Seed cases constricted forming distinct compartments.

Root type: Adventitious

Stem Appearance: Herb

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture: Hairy, grooved

Root-Stem-Bark Description: Annual herb, grows up to 5-6 feet. Stem has minute, stiff hairs and has groves.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Petiolate

Stipules: Foliaceous

Leaf Type: Trifoliolate

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Trifoliate leaf with foliaceous (leaf like) stipule, ringed round the stem. Appears as if the stem is split between two petiole. Hair on petiole.

Leaflet - Characters

Lamina: Ovate

Lamina Bases: Cuneate

Lamina Margins: Entire

Lamina Apices: Rounded

Lamina Texture: Pubescent

Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate

Leaflet Description: Terminal leaflet - ovate, two lateral leaflets asymmetric, with oblique base. Presence of stipels (secondary stipules) on rachis.

Fruit type: Legume

Fruit type Description: Flat pods, when mature look like a tail of a scorpion. Seed cases constricted forming distinct compartments.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

Germination type: Epigeal

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