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Moneywort

Alysicarpus

Also called Moneyworts

Moneywort
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)

About

Alysicarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Species are known generally as moneyworts. Unusually for legumes, the leaves are simple (not compound).

Other Alysicarpus plants

Sweet Alys · Alysicarpus glumaceus · Alysicarpus naikianus · Red moneywort · Alysicarpus schomburgkii · White moneywort · Moneywort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alysicarpus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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