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Desmodium asperum Desv.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium asperum Desv. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Chad (I) [64]; Mali (I) [561]; Niger (I) [78]
    South Africa (I) [8]
  South America
  
HABITATS: -
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,64]

  
NOTES:
  South African material looks like Kenya pls. det.D.discolor by Schubert(K).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

78.

   Peyre de Fabregues,B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

561.

   Boudet,G. & Lebrun,J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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