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Fabaceae /
Mameka |
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Notes For Reference:- |
Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Dumasia:
Dumasia
truncata / Nosasage |
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Dumasia truncata / Nosasage ノササゲ |
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Dumasia truncata, a
perennial vine, inhabits forest edges or the kike in mountainous
regions. Stems generally tinge black-purple, and leaves comprise
three leaflets with white back surfaces and sparse hairs. The
terminal leaflets are 3-15cm long, 2-6cm wide, in the shape of a
long ovate. Flowers set themselves in racemose inflorescences and
are yellow, 1.5-2cm long. Calyxes are tubular; the sepals are not
conspicuous. Legumes are 2-5cm long, oblanceolate-shaped, where
seeds swell up to become moniliform and mature in purple, with 3-5
white-powdery black-purple seeds. Bloom time: August-September. |
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