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Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium purpureum (Mill.)Fawc. & Rendle {Synonym}
    Desmodium stipulaceum DC. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum purpureum Mill. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. {Synonym}
    Meibomia purpurea (Mill.)Small {Synonym}
    Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Amor Seco [1409]; Beggarweed [1790]; Cadillo [1430]; Cadillo Pegajoso [1430]; Florida Beggar Weed [261]; Florida Beggarweed [210, 261]; Junquillo [1430]; Mozote [1645]; Sweetheart [1790]; Tick Trefoil [1430]; Twisted Tick Trefoil [2153]; Zarzabacoa Junquillo [1430]; Zarzabacoa Tortuosa [1430]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (I) [216]; Burundi (I) [8]; Cameroon (I) [212]; Chad (I) [64]; Equatorial Guinea (I) [8]; Ghana (I) [212]; Guinea Bissau (I) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Malawi (I) [237]; Mali (I) [561]; Mozambique (I) [237]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [217]; Senegal (I) [212]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Togo (I) [23]; Uganda (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [236]; Zambia (I) [237]; Zimbabwe (I) [237]
  Asia
China (I) [1179, 3418]; Guangdong [3418]; India (I) [1914, 3026, 3027, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3822]; Gujarat [1914]; Karnataka [1914]; Kerala [3822]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3026]; Indonesia (I) [261, 3898]; Irian Jaya (I) [261, 1915]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Sri Lanka (I) [3798]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Western Australia [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (N) [1790]; Bahamas (N) [2157]; Barbados (N) [1790]; Cayman Is (N) [453]; Cuba (N) [1409]; Dominica (N) [1790]; Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Grenada (N) [1790]; Guadeloupe (N) [1790]; Haiti (N) [2157]; Jamaica (N) [1056, 1339, 1470]; Martinique (N) [1790]; Montserrat (N) [1790]; Netherlands Leeward Is (N) [1790]; Puerto Rico (N) [1430]; St Lucia (N) [1790]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (N) [1790]; St Vincent (N) [1790]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1367]; El Salvador (N) [2156]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Honduras (N) [2233]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1460, 1470, 1714, 1790]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1188, 1460, 1470]; Nicaragua (N) [2233, 3348]; Panama (U) [1222, 1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  North America
United States (I) [1056, 1194, 1430, 1431, 1442, 1470, 1645, 1714, 3157]; Alabama [3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; North Carolina [3157]; South Carolina [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Gilbert Is (I) [2235]; Hawaii (I) [1939]
  South America
Argentina (U) [2233]; Bolivia (N) [1289]; Brazil (N) [1194, 1414, 1442]; Colombia (N) [1292]; Ecuador (U) [2233]; Paraguay (U) [2233]; Peru (N) [1442]; Surinam (I) [2285]; Venezuela (U) [2233]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 261, 453, 1056, 1243, 1430, 1790, 1915, 1919, 1939, 2153, 2157, 3026, 3348, 3402, 3418, 3798, 3822, 3898] ; Illustration [220, 261, 1919, 1939, 3402, 3418, 3822]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915] [3402], Shrub [261] [1915] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [3402], Perennial [261] ; 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, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock J

  
USES:
  Domestic [3402]; Environmental [261, 1243]; Forage [236, 3402]; Weed [261, 1919]

  
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