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Desmodium hirtum Guillemin & Perrottet

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium hirtum Guillemin & Perrottet [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]
    Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [16]; Gambia The (N) [8]
    Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [8]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]
    Mali (N) [212]; Mozambique (N) [237]; Niger (N) [212]
    Nigeria (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [210]
    Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]
    Togo (N) [23]; Zaire (N) [236]; Zambia (N) [237]
    Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian grasslands [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,14]; Environmental [1785,14,14]

  
NOTES:
  Two varieties, hirtum & delicatulum (FTEA, ref.210).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

14.

   Dalziel,J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

16.

   Pellegrin,F., 1949
    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1
    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1

23.

   Ern,H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

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

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

   Hepper,F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

236.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

237.

   Verdcourt,B., 1974
    Kirkia 9:359-556.Hedysareae in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
    Kirkia 9:359-556.Hedysareae in the Flora Zambesiaca area.

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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