Common name
English: Wild Lucerne
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Stylosanthes (2)
Epithet: fruticosa (Retz.) Alston (7)
Synonyms: Arachis fruticosa Retz., Hedysarum hamatum L., Stylosanthes bojeri Vogel, Stylosanthes flavicans Baker, Stylosanthes mucronata Willd.
flavicans => yellowish
fruticosa => shrubby, bushy
hamatum => hooked
mucronata => terminating, an organ with a straight, stiff and sharp point
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow