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==Description== ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' is a perennial climbing plant with a [[rhizome]], growing to a height of about {{convert|60|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}. The stem sprouts from the rhizome each year. It is clad in varying amounts of whitish hairs and bears alternate, trifoliate leaves with petioles up to {{convert|7|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long. The leaflets are obovate or elliptical, and up to {{convert|7|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long. The flowers are borne in twos or threes in the leaf axils, and are typical of the bean family with banner, wings and keel. They are cream, yellowish or green, often with a purple blotch inside. These are followed by linear-oblong, upcurving pods up to {{convert|8|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long, containing up to ten reddish-brown, speckled or black seeds.<ref name=Brink/> The seeds have a length of {{convert|3-6|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}.<ref name=ProdTechPDF>Kumar D (2007) Production technology for horse gram in India, Central Arid Zone Research Institute. Evergreen Printers, Jodhpur, India, pp 1β27, http://www.cazri.res.in/publications/KrishiKosh/113-(PRODUCTION%20TECHNOGY%20).pdf</ref> <gallery mode="packed"> File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum young plant 01.jpg|Young plant File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum flower 01.jpg|Flowers File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum fruit 01.jpg|Young fruit File:Macrotyloma Uniflorum dissected flower 01.jpg|Dissection of floral parts </gallery>
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