- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bouffordia dichotoma (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : In open places and deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Often seen in hills above 900m and on slopes. Common along forest borders, arable lands and on thickets.
- Key identification features : Stem angular
- Flower, Fruit : December-February
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 10/11/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 41969
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, West Godavari district
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling, Purulia, Hooghly, Midnapur, 24-Parganas
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Oman, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Oman, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium dichotomum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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