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Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Alysicarpus Desv.

Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Alysicarpus nummalarifolius sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Alysicarpus nummularifolius (L.)DC. {Synonym}
    Alysicarpus nummularifolius sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Alysicarpus nummularifolius var. angustatus Ohwi {Synonym}
    Alysicarpus vaginalis var. diversifolius Chun {Synonym}
    Alysicarpus vaginalis var. nummularifolius Miq. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum cylindricum Poir. {Doubtful synonym}
    Hedysarum vaginale L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Alyce Clover [2968]; Alyceclover [1902]; Oneleaf Clover [1902]; Pannata [3605]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Gabon (N) [16]; Ghana (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [237]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Socotra (N) [90]; South Africa (N) [1753]; Sudan (N) [29]; Swaziland (N) [1753]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [212]; Zambia (N) [237]; Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [3418, 3466]; Fujian [3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1947, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3050, 3092, 3094, 3101, 3140, 3366, 3372, 3373, 3376, 3377, 3466, 3584, 3609, 3663, 3800]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3609]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3050]; Maharashtra [3101]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3663]; West Bengal [3800]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [3466]; Laos (N) [1937]; Myanmar (N) [3366]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Philippines (N) [3466]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sri Lanka (N) [210, 3798]; Taiwan (N) [2827, 3418]; Thailand (N) [1971]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [453, 1056, 1290, 1409, 1430]
  Central America
Nicaragua (I) [3348]; Panama (U) [1224, 1243]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3366]; Comoro Is (U) [3054, 4747]; Laccadive Is (N) [3379]; Madagascar (N) [3054, 3402, 4747]; Maldives (N) [3062]; Mauritius (N) [237, 1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [3366]; Reunion (N) [1915]; Rodrigues (N) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (I) [1271, 1431, 3157]; Alabama [3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Nauru (U) [2235]; Northern Marianas (U) [2235]; Society Is (I) [2968]
  South America
French Guiana (U) [1408]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1915, 1937, 1941, 2825, 2827, 3019, 3057, 3060, 3348, 3386, 3402, 3418, 3798] ; Illustration [173, 210, 236, 1915, 1937, 2827, 3060, 3386, 3418]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3348] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Herb [1941] [3348] [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3581], Perennial [1915] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999-05 Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) No

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2876]; Environmental [1753, 2598, 2872, 3030]; Forage [14, 236, 2828, 2872, 2876, 3030]; Medicine [1937, 2876]; Miscellaneous [236, 2872, 2876]; Weed [2264, 3060]

  
NOTES:
  Native of all tropical regions of the Old World. [1937]
  Introduced to tropical America. [1937]

  
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