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Wedge-Leaf Taverniera

Taverniera cuneifolia

Wedge-Leaf Taverniera (Taverniera cuneifolia) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Malpura, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Taverniera cuneifolia
Family
Fabaceae, order Fabales
Group
Plant

A silvery desert herb that keeps sand in place.

  • Spot it Wedge-shaped leaves and pink-purple pea flowers.
  • Home Dry, sandy land.
  • Food web Grazers browse it and its roots enrich poor soil.
  • Why it matters A legume that adds nitrogen to poor sandy soil and feeds grazers.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2023, in Malpura.[20]

Sources

  1. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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