Botanical Name - Dolichos

----- Dolichos, Linn. ,

----- Herbs, twining, prostrate or suberect. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; stipulate small ; leaflets stipullate. Flowers axillary, racemose or fascicled. Bracts and bracteoles very caducous. Calyx campanulate. Corolla much exserted ; petals equal in length ; standard orbicular with inflexed auricles at the base. Keel obtuse or rostrate (not spiral). Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sub-sessile ; ovules many ; style filiform ; stigma terminal. Pod flat, linear or oblong, recurved.