My first encounter with this plant was in 2014 near a creek beside an agricultural lot when I was looking for possible subjects that I can contribute in Facebook group I joined that features Philippine wild plants as my curiosity of these botanical treasures become intense.
I learned from the said group that the plant is a species of a wild pea known as Leptospron adenanthum and was asked by one of the admins in the group to contribute my photographs to his online data base as the plant is not yet published in their platform so I eagerly agreed as it will be my humble gesture to contribute something in the name of science besides the kind admin says he will feature my name as the contributor of the images and it is indeed published in this link:
http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/pelserpb/r/Fabaceae_Leptospron_adenanthum_92609.html
I also learned from my readings from the internet that the plant can be used as source of medicine and food of which I have to dig or research further once I have time to do so.
Below are some of the simple diagnostic features that will lead to the identification of the plant:
Leaves:
Young flowers and flower buds:
Unopened flower:
Mature flower:
Seed pod and flowers:
Bibliography:
http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/pelserpb/r/Fabaceae_Leptospron_adenanthum_92609.html
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60457245-2