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Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium diffusum (Willd.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium quinquangulatum (Roxb.)Wight {Synonym}
    Hedysarum articulatum Roxb. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum dichotomum Willd. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum diffusum Willd. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum quinquangulatum Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gander-lapto [3028]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Chad (U) [262]; Ethiopia (U) [210]; Sudan (U) [29]; Uganda (U) [210]; Zambia (I) [237]
  Asia
China (N) [210, 3418]; Yunnan [3418]; India (N) [210, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3094, 3116, 3119, 3366, 3375, 3376, 3587]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Bihar [3587]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3116]; Orissa [3376]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3026]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [210]; Myanmar (N) [2069]; Sri Lanka (N) [3026]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (U) [3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 2069, 3026, 3376, 3386, 3402, 3418] ; Distribution Map [2069] ; Illustration [24, 2069, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [3402]; Medicine [3034]; Weed [3017]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

29.

  Andrews, F.W., 1952
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

237.

  Verdcourt, B., 1974
    Kirkia 9:359-556.Hedysareae in the Flora Zambesiaca area.

262.

  Lebrun, J.-P. & Gaston, A., 1976
    Adansonia 2:381-390.1er Suppl. Cat pl.vasc.Tchad merid

2069.

  Ohashi, H., 1973
    Asiatic sp.of Desmodium & allied. Ginkgoana1. Aca.Sc.BookCo.

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3116.

  Kothari, M.J. & Moorthy, S., 1993
    Flora of Raigad District, Maharashtra State

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3418.

  Yang, Y.C. & Huang, P.H., 1995
    Trifidacanthus &...In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae,41 (Leguminosae 3)

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.
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