Desmodium rotundifolium Baker

 
  • 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 ritchiei Sanjappa
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Desmodiastrum racemosum var. rotundifolium (Baker) A.Pramanik & Thoth.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Occasional among grasses
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Noel Sebastian, Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 24-11-2018, 05-09-1953
  • Collection Nos : Talbot 2776 (BSI); HJCB-1767, CS 576
  • Collection Locality : Devikulam, Idukki district, Kerala, Karjat, Raigad district (MH)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Raigad district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
    • Herbarium specimen from Devikulam, Idukki district, Kerala.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium rotundifolium. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

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