Desmodium sequax Wall.

 
  • 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 ancistrotrichum K.Schum. & Lauterb.; Desmodium dasylobum Miq.; Desmodium hamulatum Franch.; Desmodium sinuatum (Miq.) Blume ex Baker; Desmodium strangulatum var. sinuatum Miq.; Meibomia dasyloba (Miq.) Kuntze; Meibomia sequax (Wall.) Kuntze; Meibomia sinuata (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ototropis sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
  • Vernacular name :
    • Soru-biyoni-sabta, Horu-biyoni-sabta (Assamese)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Shady ravines, Grassy slopes, forest margins; 1000-2800 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropical and subtropical Asia
  • 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: 677
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium sequax. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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