- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Desmodium biarticulatum
- Basionym : Hedysarum biarticulatum L.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dicerma biarticulatum (L.) DC.
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0222
- Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
- Collection Date : 25/11/14
- Collection Locality : Sadasivakona Forest, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
- Habitat : Open deciduous forest
- Habit : Undershrub
- Flower, Fruit : August-February
- Comments : On scrub jungles, sandy and gravelly soil in full sun.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kambakkam Hills (Kanchipuram district, former Chengalpattu district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Nellore district, Kadapa district, West Godavari district, Sadasivakona R.F. (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Puri district, Khurdha district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Celebes, Northern Australia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium biarticulatum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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