Desmodium confertum DC.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Synonym(s) : Desmodium confertum DC.; Desmodium dioicum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) DC.; Hedysarum dioicum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Meibomia conferta (DC.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ototropis conferta (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Habit : Woody undershrub
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Key identification features : Woody undershrubs; stems reddish brown, glabrous; Leaves 1-3 foliolate; leaflets elliptic, acute, coriaceous, glabrous; Flowers in copious axillary racemes; Pods moniliform, 3-4 jointed, densely villous.
  • Flower, Fruit : October- December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Assam : Assam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bhutan, Nepal
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 393
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium confertum. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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