- 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 velutinum Willd.
- Synonym(s) : Hedysarum velutinum Willd.; Meibomia velutina (Willd.) Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Polhillides velutina (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 700m and on hill slopes.
- Flower, Fruit : September-June
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 02-01-2016, 13-12-2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-311; HJCB-E-198
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Prakasam district, West Godavari district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- West Bengal : Jalpaiguri district, Malda, Midnapur, Purulia
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- World Distribution : India, Nepal, Bhutan, Africa, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Indo-China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Siam, Indonesia, Malaysia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- 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 velutinum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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