Nombres vernáculos
Distribución geográfica
Ampliamente distribuida en América tropical. Naturalizada en los trópicos del viejo mundo.
Descripción botánica
Planta anual o sub-arbusto, pilosa, con espinas recurvadas en los tallos. Hojas con 1 a 2 pares de pinnas, folíolos de 15 a 25 pares, oblongos o linear oblongos de 5 a 10 mm, obtusos o agudos. Flores rosadas en cabezuelas globosas, pedunculadas. Legumbre linear oblonga, segmentada, de 1 a 1.5 cm, con cerdas en los márgenes.
Voucher(s)
Delaigue,18,NHTT
Farmacopea
Ed.3References
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