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Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium triflorum var. majus Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum reptans Roxb. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum triflorum var. oblongifolium Desv. {Synonym}
    Meibomia heterophylla (Willd.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Senivakacegu [2264]; Wakutu [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914, 3091]; Borneo (N) [2069]; Brunei (N) [2069]; China (N) [2069, 3418]; Anhui [3418]; Fujian [3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Jiangxi [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1944, 2069, 3027, 3092, 3099, 3113, 3119, 3142, 3366, 3376, 3590]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3099]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [3004, 3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Kalimantan (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [2069, 2111, 3004]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2069]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [3963]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sarawak (N) [2069]; Singapore (N) [2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3798]; Sumatera (N) [3004]; Taiwan (N) [2069, 2827, 3418]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [3454]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [2415]; Queensland [2415]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1914, 3366]; Madagascar (N) [3402]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Ogasawara-Shoto (N) [2835]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 2069, 2111, 2825, 3026, 3386, 3402, 3418, 3798, 3898] ; Illustration [261, 2069, 3418]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [3402], Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [261] [3402] ; Source(s): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1995 (Australia) CAVP, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Nov

  
USES:
  Forage [261, 2872]; Medicine [3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

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    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1914.

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

1944.

  Saldanha, C.J. & Nicolson, D.H., 1976
    Flora of the Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

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

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2265.

  Horn, P.E., 1988
    Herbarium References

2415.

  CAVP - Database, Canberra, 1995
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants - Database,Bureau Fl. & Fauna

2825.

  Walker, E.H., 1976
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2827.

  Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H., 1993
    Leguminosae.In Flora of Taiwan, 2nd Ed. 3:148-421.Taipei,Tai

2835.

  Kobayashi, S, 1978
    List vasc. pls. Ogasawara Is. Ogas.Res.nos1&2. TokyoMet.Uni

2872.

  Uphof, J.C.Th., 1968
    Dictionary of economic Plants.2nd ed.Verlag von Cramer,Lehre

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3004.

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

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
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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

3091.

  Prain, D., 1903
    Bengal Plants Vol 1

3092.

  Deb, D.B., 1981
    The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1

3099.

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3113.

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3119.

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3142.

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3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3402.

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

3418.

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

3454.

  Heald, J., 1992
    Specimen in Herb. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

3590.

  Hajra, P.K. & Jain, S.K., 1996
    Botany of Kaziranga & Manas. Dehra Dun.

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

3963.

  Merrill, E.D., 1923
    An Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 2(3):241-323
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