Stem branched, trailing. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 3-4 mm long, leaflets 3.5-13.0 mm long, oblong or obovate, pubescent below; stipules 3.5-4.0 mm long, linear, persistent. Inflorescence a 6-10-flowered terminal raceme. Bract boat shaped pedicel 6-13 mm long. Calyx 2.5-3.5 mm long, densely pubescent. Fruit 10-13 mm long, 2.5 mm broad, pubescent, both sutures indented, articles 3-4, as long as broad.

Fl.Per.: July-August.

Holotype: Japan, juxta Nagasaki, Thunberg..

Distribution: Pakistan, India (Punjab, Kumaon, Garhwal, Assam, Bengal, Madras), Ceylon, Nepal, Sikkim, Burma, China, Japan, Malaysia.