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Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium microphyllum var. longipilum Ohwi {Synonym}
    Desmodium parvifolium DC. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum microphyllum Murray {Synonym}
    Hedysarum microphyllum Thunb. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [3466]; China (N) [2069, 3418]; Jiangsu [3418]; Xizang Zizhiqu [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1938, 2069, 3027, 3043, 3119, 3144, 3366, 3376, 3377]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [2069]; Bihar [3366]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [2069]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3366]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3366]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3043]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [2069]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [1938]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [3004, 3898]; Bali [3004]; Japan (N) [1930, 2069]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [2069]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [2069]; Myanmar (N) [2069]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Philippines (N) [2069]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3798]; Sulawesi (N) [3004]; Sumatera (N) [3004]; Taiwan (N) [2069, 2827, 3418]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [2069]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [2415]; Northern Territory [2415]; Queensland [2415]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1930, 1938, 1947, 2069, 3418, 3798, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2826, 2848] ; Illustration [261, 2826, 3593]

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

  
USES:
  Forage [3030]; Medicine [3034]; Weed [4022]

  
NOTES:
  Var. macrocarpum Schindler is found in E.Nepal and Assam. [2069]
  Var. macrocarpum Schindl. occurs in Nepal and Assam. [2069]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1930.

  Ohwi, J., 1965
    Flora of Japan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

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.

2415.

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

2826.

  Ohashi, H., 1982
    in Satake.Wild Flws of Japan, Herb.Pls 2:186-212,pls.179-200

2827.

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

2848.

  Ohashi, H., 1984
    Intraspecific taxa Desmodium microphyllumJ.Jap.Bot.59(2):42-

2898.

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

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

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3043.

  Balakrishnan, N.P., 1981
    Flora of Jowai and vicinity Meghalaya Vol.1

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3144.

  Naithani, B.D., 1984
    Flora of India series 3. Flora of Chamoli. B.S.I. Calcutta

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

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

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.

3593.

  Matthew, K.M., 1996
    Illustrations on the Flora of the Plain Hills, South India.

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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