Aeschynomene indica (English spelling)

Japanese: クサネム(草合歓) - クサネム（英語表記）Aeschynomene indica

An annual plant of the legume family. It grows in rice fields and marshes near water, with upright stems 50-100cm tall and hollow at the top. The leaves are alternate and even-pinnately compound, with 20-30 pairs of linear leaflets 6-9mm long and lanceolate stipules. From summer to autumn, it produces sparse racemes in the leaf axils, with yellow butterfly-shaped flowers. The fruit has nodes and contains 6-8 seeds, which detach at the nodes when ripe.

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Japanese:

マメ科の一年草。田地や水辺の湿地に生え，茎は高さ 50～100cm，直立し，上部は中空。葉は互生し，偶数羽状複葉で，小葉は長さ6～9mmの線形で 20～30対あり，披針形の托葉がある。夏から秋に，葉腋にまばらに総状花序を生じ，黄色の蝶形花をつける。果実には節があり，種子を6～8個有し，熟すると節々で離れる。

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