Desmodium multiflorum DC.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Synonym(s) : Desmodium angulatum DC.; Desmodium dubium Lindl.; Desmodium floribundum (D.Don) Sweet; Desmodium mairei Pamp.; Desmodium nepalense H.Ohashi; Desmodium sambuense (D.Don) DC.; Desmodium suembuense G.Don; Hedysarum floribundum D.Don; Hedysarum sambuense D.Don; Hedysarum suembum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Hedysarum wallichianum Spreng.; Meibomia floribunda (D.Don) Kuntze; Ototropis sambuensis (D.Don) Nees
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Common name : Many-Flowered Desmodium
  • Vernacular name :
    • Baakhre Ghaans, Bhatamaase Phool, Kairochee, Bhatte, Lahare Saajan, Til (Nepali)
  • Habit : Erect shrub
  • Habitat : On banks in evergreen oak forest and shady damp localities 1200 - 2750 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 105
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 667 - 677
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium multiflorum. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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