- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Desmodium motorium
- Synonym : Desmodium gyrans (L.f.) DC.
- Basionym : Hedysarum motorium Houtt.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H.Ohashi
- Common name : Telegraph Plant
- Vernacular name : Nagar gare (Kan.); Tozhunganni, Thandichedi (Tam.)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Flower, Fruit : August-February
- Comments : Occasional in hills as an undergrowth along stream banks up to 1000 m. Leaflets show movements.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Talakona R.F. (Chittoor district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Borra Caves (Visakhapatnam district), Araku Valley (Visakhapatnam district), Dummakonda Hills (East Godavari district), Salur R.F. (Srikakulam district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Puri district, Nayagarh district, Kandhamal district, Kandhamal district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Taiwan, South-East Asia, China, Malesia, 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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; 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 motorium. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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