Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.

 
  • 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 6 October 2024.

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