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Burn-Mouth Vine, jumby-bean, least snoutbean, rhynchosia |
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| Vernacular name | Jungli Kulthi | |
| Scientific name | Rhynchosia minima (Linn.) DC., Dolicholus minimus | |
| Family | Fabaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | A climbing or prostrate herb, emerging from a woody rootstock. Stems - smooth or velvety. | |
| Leaves | Leaves are trifolitae, with 3 rhombic, ovate, or nearly circular leaflets. The lateral leaflets are oblique. Leaflets are 1-6 cm long, 0.8-5 cm wide | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Flowers in loose racemes in leaf axils. Flowers - brownish outside and yellow inside. The standard petal-often tinged reddish, |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Pods-oblong & curved, flattened and slightly constricted between the widely spaced seeds, | |
| Habitat and distribution | Throughout the tropics. | |
| Flowering and fruiting | August-January | |
| Associated with | Upland flora | |
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