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Desmodium velutinum (Willd.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium velutinum (Willd.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Anarthrosyne cordata Klotzsch {Synonym}
    Desmodium lasiocarpum (P.Beauv.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium latifolium (Roxb.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium plukenetii (Wight & Arn.)Merr. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum deltoides Poir. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum deltoideum Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum lasiocarpum P.Beauv. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum latifolium Roxb. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum velutinum Willd. {Synonym}
    Pseudarthria cordata (Klotzsch)C.Mueller {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Dikazolahy [3402]; Savisoa [3402]; Sofindambo [3402]; Tsiafadambo [3402]; Tsisotrisotry [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Benin (N) [212]; Burkina (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Congo (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [16]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Liberia (N) [212]; Mali (N) [212]; Mozambique (N) [237]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (N) [8]; Sudan (N) [29]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [236]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [2069]; Bhutan (N) [1914]; Cambodia (N) [2069]; China (N) [2069, 3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Guizhou [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1914, 1947, 2069, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3040, 3092, 3094, 3116, 3119, 3142, 3144, 3366, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3584, 3614, 3615]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [1914]; Bihar [3031]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3614]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3116]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [2069]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3615]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [210, 261, 3004, 3898, 4022]; Bali [3004]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [2069]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [4022]; Malaysia (N) [210, 2069, 2111]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2069]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [4022]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3798]; Sulawesi (N) [4022]; Sumatera (N) [4022]; Taiwan (N) [2069, 3418]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [2069]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1790]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3366]; Comoro Is (U) [3054, 4747]; Madagascar (I) [210, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 261, 1947, 2069, 3009, 3017, 3026, 3386, 3402, 3418, 3798, 3898] ; Illustration [24, 220, 261, 2069, 3386, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [3402], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [261] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01

  
USES:
  Domestic [3034]; Forage [14, 236, 3402]; Medicine [14, 236, 3402]

  
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