• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Basionym : Hedysarum heterocarpon L.
• Synonym(s) : Hedysarum polycarpum Poir.; Desmodium polycarpum (Poir.) DC.; Desmodium patens Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
• Common name : Asian Tick Trefoil
• Vernacular name : Dongerabuta, Salparni, Krishna parni (Oria); Adivi utchinta, Chepputatla, Chepputatta (Telugu); Aadotti (Tamil); Nilathuvara (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains and open forests
• Comments / notes : On hills above 900m, in moist places amongst grasses and under partial shade.
• Key identification features : Small slender shrub
• Flower, Fruit : August-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
• Collection Date : 26-11-2018
• Collection Nos : HJCB-1873
• Collection Locality : Mamalakandam, Idukki district, Kerala
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Bolangir district, Bargarh district, Malkangiri district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
• World Distribution : India, S. Africa, India to Indo-China, China, Japan, Formosa, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.1. Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Herbarium specimen from Mamalakandam, Idukki district, Kerala (not scanned)
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium heterocarpon var. heterocarpon. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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