Herbarium JCB

Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.

Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species : Desmodium gangeticum
Basionym : Hedysarum gangeticum L.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
Vernacular name : Salpan, Salvan, Sarivon, Salwan (Hin.); Bennachhuga (Kan.); Gitanarum, Kolaku ponna, Yitanarum (Tel.); Saloporni, Salpheni, Chokkosondo (Ori.); Salaparni (San.)
Collection Nos : FAP 39502
Collector(s) Name : B.Sadasivaiah & K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 19/06/10
Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Dry deciduous forest
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : May-February
Comments : In plains to 1400 m on floor of wooded places, open deciduous forests and in coconut grooves.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Tiruchirapalli district, Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kusimi forest (Srikakulam district), Galikonda Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Kadapa district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Sambalpur district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, China, Malesia, Thailand, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; 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 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
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 gangeticum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.