- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Desmodium heterocarpon
- Variety : heterocarpon
- Basionym : Hedysarum heterocarpon L.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
- Vernacular name : Dongerabuta, Salparni, Krishna parni (Ori.); Adivi utchinta, Chepputatla, Chepputatta (Tel.)
- Key identification features : A scandent undershrub with hairy branches. Leaves are 1-3 foliate, end leaflets, obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse, pubescent beneath. Flowers are small (1-1.2 cm long), pretty in a cone-like raceme. Fruit is a pod, linear with 6-8 reticulate joints.
- Habit : Undershrub
- Flower, Fruit : August-April
- Comments : On hills above 900 m, in moist places amongst grasses and under partial shade.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Dharmapuri district, Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Salem district (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), West Godavari district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Bolangir district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Kholgarh R.F. (SBP), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : South Africa, India to Indo-China, China, Japan, Formosa and Malesia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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.; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- 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 heterocarpon var. heterocarpon. Downloaded on 5 July 2025.
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