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Desmodium heterocarpon (L.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium heterocarpon (L.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium buergeri Miq. {Synonym}
    Desmodium buergeri var. patulepilosum Ohwi {Synonym}
    Desmodium heterocarpon var. buergeri (Miq.)Hosok. {Synonym}
    Desmodium heterocarpon var. patulepilosum (Ohwi)Ohwi {Synonym}
    Desmodium heterocarpum (L.)DC. {Orthographic variant}
    Desmodium heterophyllum var. buergeri (Miq.)Hosok. {Synonym}
    Desmodium polycarpum (Poir.)DC. {Doubtful synonym}
    Desmodium polycarpum sensu R.O.Williams {Misapplied}
    Hedysarum heterocarpon L. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum polycarpum Poir. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum siliquosum Burm.f. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ea Ea [2968]; Piripiro [2968]; Tia Pipi [2968]; Toharea [2968]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8, 1985]; Tanzania (N) [210, 1985, 3090]; Zanzibar [3090]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [2069]; China (N) [2069, 3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Jiangsu [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1914, 1944, 2069, 3009, 3017, 3031, 3035, 3040, 3043, 3092, 3094, 3100, 3113, 3140, 3142, 3143, 3366, 3368, 3375, 3376, 3592, 3615, 3688]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3031]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3592]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [3043]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3615]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3143]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [2069]; Tamil Nadu [3688]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3035]; West Bengal [3368]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [210]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (N) [2069]; Laos (N) [2069]; Malaysia (N) [210, 2069]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2069]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Philippines (N) [1979, 3090]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2069]; Sri Lanka (N) [210, 2069, 3798]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 2069, 3418]; Thailand (N) [1914, 2069]; Vietnam (N) [2069]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; New South Wales [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [210, 261]
  Caribbean
St Vincent (I) [1790]
  Central America
Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [1941]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (U) [2264]; Hawaii (I) [1949]; Niue (U) [2266]; Society Is (U) [2265, 2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261]
  South America
Colombia (I) [2233]; Peru (N) [2090]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; f-w swamp & aquatic vegetation [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1917, 1919, 1941, 1947, 2069, 3057, 3348, 3386, 3418, 3798] ; Illustration [1919, 2069, 3386, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3057] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3057] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 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, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinic

  
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