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Desmodium leiocarpum (Spreng.)G.Don

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium leiocarpum (Spreng.)G.Don [Preferred name]
    Hedysarum leiocarpum Spreng. {Synonym}
    Meibomia cajanifolia sensu R.Vig. {Misapplied}
    Meibomia leiocarpa (Spreng.)Kuntze {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]
  South America
Argentina (U) [1443]; Brazil (U) [1194, 1414, 1443]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [3402] ; Illustration [3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Habit: Herb [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1194.

  Cowan, R.S., 1957
    Los Angeles County Mus.Contr.Sci.13:1-22 Machris Brazilian

1443.

  Malme, G.O.A., 1922
    Ark.Bot.,o.s.,18(7):1-19,tabs.1-4 Desmodii Species...

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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