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Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck)Merr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck)Merr. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium capitatum (Burm.f.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium celebicum Schindl. {Synonym}
    Desmodium retroflexum (L.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium rotundifolium Wall. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum capitatum Burm.f. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum retroflexum L. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum styracifolium Osbeck {Synonym}
    Meibomia capitata (Burm.f.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Nicolsonia styracifolia Desv. {Synonym}
    Pseudarthria capitata (Burm.f.)Hassk. {Synonym}
    Pseudarthria capitata Hassk. {Synonym}
    Uraria retroflexa Drake {Synonym}
    Uraria styracifolia Wight & Arn. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914]; Cambodia (N) [3466]; China (N) [2069, 3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1914, 1947, 2069, 3027, 3142]; Assam [1914]; Karnataka [1914]; Kerala [1914]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [1914]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Indonesia (N) [3004, 3898, 4022]; Bali [4022]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [2069, 2111]; Moluccas (N) [4022]; Myanmar (N) [2069]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [2069, 4022]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3798]; Sulawesi (N) [4022]; Sumatera (N) [4022]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [2069, 3466]
  Pacific Ocean
Palau (N) [2069]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1947, 2069, 2111, 3418, 3466, 3798, 3898] ; Illustration [2069]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing [2111] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [2111] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2111] ; Source(s): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asi

  
USES:
  Medicine [3030]; Toxins [3466]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2069.

  Ohashi, H., 1973
    Asiatic sp.of Desmodium & allied. Ginkgoana1. Aca.Sc.BookCo.

2111.

  Ridley, H.N., 1922
    Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I

3004.

  Ford, C.S., 1994
    Kew Herbarium Material.

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3142.

  Deb, D.B., 1961
    Dicotyledonous plants of Manipur territory 3(3&4):253-350

3418.

  Yang, Y.C. & Huang, P.H., 1995
    Trifidacanthus &...In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae,41 (Leguminosae 3)

3466.

  Gagnepain, F., 1920
    In: Lecomte,H.(ed.). Flore generale de L'Indochine 2, 5.

3798.

  Pedley, L. & Rudd, V.E., 1996
    Desmodieae. In:Dassanyake,MD & Clayton,WD(eds.). A revised h

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

4022.

  van Meeuwen, 1961
    1961b - Pseudarthria etc.
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