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Desmodium velutinum (Willd.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium velutinum (Willd.)DC. [Accepted]
    Desmodium lasiocarpum (P.Beauv.)DC. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [216]; Benin (N) [212]; Burkina (N) [8]
    Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]
    Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]
    Congo (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [16]
    Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]
    Kenya (N) [210]; Liberia (N) [212]; Mali (N) [212]
    Mozambique (N) [237]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]
    Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]
    Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]
    South Africa (N) [8]; Sudan (N) [29]; Tanzania (N) [210]
    Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [236]
    Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [237]
  Asia
    Indonesia-ISO (N) [210]; Malaysia-ISO (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolian anthropic landscapes [210], Guineo-Congolian forest. [210]
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [210]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210]
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [210]
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210], Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [210]
    Somalia-Masai woodland [210], Sudanian grasslands [210]
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210], Sudanian woodland [210]
    Zambezian forest [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210], Zambezian woodland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,14,236]; Forage [1785,14,236,14,236]; Domestic

  
NOTES: -

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

24.

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

28.

   White,F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

29.

   Andrews,F.W., 1952
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.

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

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.

216.

   Torre,A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

217.

   Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae

220.

   Troupin,G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda
    Flore du Rwanda

224.

   D'Orey,J. & Liberato,Maria C., 1971
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Papilionoideae
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Papilionoideae

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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