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Desmodium microphyllum var. microphyllum (Thunb.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium microphyllum var. microphyllum (Thunb.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Hedysarum tenellum D.Don {Synonym}
    Meibomia microphylla (Thunb.)Kuntze {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [3466]; China (N) [2069]; 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]; Japan (N) [2069]; Laos (N) [2069]; Malaysia (N) [2069]; Myanmar (N) [2069]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Philippines (N) [2069]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3798]; Taiwan (N) [2069]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [2069]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [2069]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1938, 1947, 2069, 3026] ; Illustration [2069, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2069] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [2069] [3581], Shrub [2069] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Forage [3030]; Medicine [3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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.

2898.

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

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

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

3466.

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.

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

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.

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