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Desmodium gangeticum (L.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium gangeticum (L.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene gangetica (L.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene gangetica Poir. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene maculata (L.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene maculata Poir. {Synonym}
    Desmodium cavaleriei H.Lev. {Synonym}
    Desmodium gangeticum var. maculatum (L.)Baker {Synonym}
    Desmodium gangeticum var. ramnagari Haines {Synonym}
    Desmodium lanceolatum Walp. {Synonym}
    Desmodium latifolium sensu Wight {Misapplied}
    Desmodium maculatum (L.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium natalitium Sond. {Synonym}
    Desmodium polygonoides Baker {Synonym}
    Hedysarum collinum Roxb. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum gangeticum L. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum lanceolatum Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum maculatum L. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum ochroleucum Moench {Synonym}
    Hedysarum pseudogangeticum Miq. {Synonym}
    Meibomia gangetica (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Meibomia polygonodes (Baker)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Pleurolobus gangeticus J.St.-Hil. {Synonym}
    Pleurolobus maculatus J.St.-Hil. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Famolakantsy [3402]; Kareti [3028]; Salwan [3030]; Sarivan [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [16]; Gambia The (N) [8]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Liberia (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [237]; Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [237]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (N) [1753]; Sudan (N) [29]; Swaziland (N) [1753]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [236]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [2069]; China (N) [1914, 2069, 3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1914, 2069, 3017, 3020, 3028, 3040, 3092, 3094, 3100, 3113, 3119, 3140, 3144, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3584, 3590, 3635, 3688]; Andhra Pradesh [3635]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3371]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Diu [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3688]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [261, 3004, 3897, 3967, 3991]; Bali [3004]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3897]; Kalimantan (N) [3991]; Laos (N) [2069]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [2069, 2111]; Moluccas (N) [3004]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2069]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [1938, 2069]; Ryukyu Is (N) [1914, 2825]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3076, 3798]; Sumatera (N) [3967]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 2069, 2827, 3418]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [2069]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; New South Wales [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [1056]; St Lucia (I) [1056]; Trinidad & Tobago (I) [1056]
  Indian Ocean
Laccadive Is (N) [3379]; Madagascar (U) [1982, 3402]; Maldives (N) [3062, 3076]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [3366]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  Middle East
Oman (N) [1939]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Palau (N) [2069]; Society Is (I) [2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [210];
    Somalia-Masai woodland [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210];
    Sudanian woodland [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 261, 1056, 1859, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1929, 1938, 1941, 1947, 2069, 2111, 2825, 3053, 3386, 3402, 3418, 3466, 3798, 3897, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2069] ; Illustration [210, 220, 261, 1859, 1919, 1929, 1938, 2069, 2823, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [1941] [3402], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3052] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999-

  
USES:
  Environmental [2872]; Fibre [3034]; Medicine [236, 2872, 3030, 3034]; Weed [3076]

  
NOTES:
  Possibly sea-borne. [3076]

  
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