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Desmodium laxiflorum DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium laxiflorum DC. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium diffusum DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium incanum sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Desmodium macrophyllum Desv. {Synonym}
    Desmodium scabrellum Miq. {Synonym}
    Meibomia laxiflora (DC.)Kuntze {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Central African Rep. (I) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Gambia The (I) [212]; Ghana (I) [8]; Guinea (I) [212]; Guinea Bissau (I) [224]; Mali (I) [561]; Nigeria (I) [212]; Senegal (I) [212]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Togo (I) [23]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (N) [261, 2831, 3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Guizhou [3418]; Hubei [3418]; Hunan [3418]; Jiangxi [3418]; Sichuan [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; East Timor (N) [3004]; India (N) [261, 1944, 2069, 2831, 3009, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3037, 3043, 3092, 3094, 3100, 3113, 3140, 3144, 3366, 3376, 3377, 3584, 3590, 3591]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3031]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [2069]; Meghalaya [3043]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3037]; Indonesia (N) [261, 3898, 3941, 3991]; Bali [3941]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Kalimantan (N) [3991]; Laos (N) [3466]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3941]; Malaysia (N) [261, 2069, 3941]; Moluccas (N) [3941]; Myanmar (N) [2069]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3941]; Philippines (N) [2847, 3941]; Sulawesi (N) [3941]; Sumatera (N) [3941]; Taiwan (N) [2069, 2831, 3418]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [2831, 3466]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1914]; Nicobar Is (N) [3612]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [64];
    Sudanian grasslands [64];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [212, 261, 1938, 1947, 2069, 2831, 3386, 3418, 3466, 3478, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2069] ; Illustration [261, 1938, 2069, 3386, 3418]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
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    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3941.

  Knaap van Meeuwen, M.S., 1962
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3991.

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