Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites (Syn: Desmodium polycarpum var. fischeri "Gamble, p.p."; Desmodium rufescens sensu Wight & Arn. (misapplied)): des-MOH-dee-um -- Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods ... Dave's Botanary fer-oo-GIN-ee-um or fer-oo-JIN-ee-um -- rust-colored ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: rusty desmodium Shrubs; branchlets silky pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to obovate, 7-4 by 0.5-3 cm, base rounded, apex rounded, truncate, mucronulate, lower surface silky pubescent, lateral veins faint. Racemes terminal, c.7 cm long. Flowers congested; bracts subulate; corolla lilac; stamens 9+1. Pods c. 3 cm long; sparsely pubescent. Flowering and fruiting: November-January Grasslands and montane scrub jungles Peninsular India and Sri Lanka (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites at Munnar on June 5, 2014
Flora of Munnar :: ¿ Alysicarpus ? for ID :: DV15JUL : 11 posts by 4 authors. 7 images. Munnar Date: June 3 - 6, 2014 ... Elevation: around 1600m asl ¿ Alysicarpus ? Dear friends, please help with ID. I find ... suggestion (in facebook) of Alysicarpus a very good possibility. This plant is a small bushy shrub about 6 feet high; the flowers measure about 20 mm across. The place is Gudampara near Chinnakanal, Munnar, elevation about 1500m asl. It will be Desmodium species It appears to me it is a Desmodium species This one is not Alysicarpus Neck ex Desv., But it is Desmodium Desv. and precisely Desmodium ferrugenium Wall. ex Thw. See my publication entitled as " Notes on the status of Desmodium wynaadense Bedd. ex Gamble" published in Rheedea." It is Desmodium ferrugineum Wall. ex Thw. ssp. ferrugineum (Syn: Desmodium polycarpum (Poir. ) DC. var. fischeri Gamble= D.rufescens sensu Wight & Arn. non DC.) Names of Plants in India :: Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image. via Species > D > Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites ... family: Fabaceae     des-MOH-dee-um -- Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods ... Dave's Botanary fer-oo-GIN-ee-um or fer-oo-JIN-ee-um -- rust-colored ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: rusty desmodium botanical names: Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites ... synonyms: Desmodium rufescens sensu Wight & Arn. (misapplied) ... The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.
Kindly identify the Fabaceae member from Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu). Location: Shervaroyan Hills, Salem Dist., Tamil Nadu. Alt.: ca. 1100 m asl. Habit: Erect herb / under-shrub with hard stem. Pl. check at Please check for Desmodium ferrugineum Looks like Desmodium sp. Pl check for Desmodium ferrugineum Thank you very much ... for the ID. It matches with Desmodium ferrugineum. References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 ILDIS India Biodiversity Portal |
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