Herbarium JCB

Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.

Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species : Desmodium dichotomum
Basionym : Hedysarum dichotomum Willd.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
Collection Nos : FAP 41969
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 11/10/10
Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Open deciduous forest
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : September-February
Comments : Often seen on hills slopes in open forests above 900 m along forest border, arable lands and on thickets.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Hoganekkal Forest (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Yadiki R.F. (Ananthapur district), West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Puri district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Malesia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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 dichotomum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.