Desmodium velutinum

 

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Desmodium species for Id 271109jm1 - indiantreepix | Google Groups :  On 31/10/09 at Herbal Garden, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, A.P.; 


 
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Family: Papilionaceae
Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa
Habit: Shrub up to 3 m tall.
Habitat: Wild, dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests and also in open forests.
Altitude: 200 to 400 m above msl
Description: Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, hairy. Flowers ca. 8 mm long, purple, placed in long racemes. Fruits long, yellow, beaded pods.
I have seen this plant in Bengal too which seems to be a probable option.
Yes ... this plant is distributed in most part of India 9from South to North), Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Africa. This is very common in forest under growth.
Good one ... So from your pictures this Desmodium is having a large leaf as compared to many others posted earlier.
Quite a large leaf, and a large shrub too.
Yes u r right this is having very large leaves and thus easy to identify among other Desmodium species.


 
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Date:24/08/2008
Habit: Shrub
Place: Assam
Desmodium sp.
It looks like a form of Desmodium velutinum (=D. latifolium).
 
 
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Desmodium sp. from Kamrup district (Rural): I hope the attached images are Desmodium sp. Please ID for this.
Date :06/11/12
Location: Mirza[Dist- Kamrup(Rural), Assam]
Habitat: Grows wild
Habit :Shrub
Family : Fabaceae
Genus & Sp. : Desmodium sp.
Flower : Not seen
Fruit: Seen

Desmodium velutinum (= D. latifolium), I suppose.


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Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC from Assam KD 05 Dec'14 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)
Attached images are Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC.
Date :04.12.2014
Location: Assam
Family : Fabaceae
Genus & species : Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC.
Habitat: Grows wild on open space
Habit : Herb


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ANNOV01/01 Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (11)
Family: Fabaceae
Date: 1st November 2015
Place: Turahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka

Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Scrub forest
Key and description.

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Herb for ID, Vikarabad, Telangana NAW-JUN18-01 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Kindly help identify this small herb found in a mango orchard on the edge of a scrub forest near Vikarabad, photographed in May 2018.
Height of herb about 10 cms. leaves about 1 cm, maybe smaller.

Thanks, ... A Fabaceae member.  

the Pod suggests it as Desmodium 
may be Desmodium gangeticum variety

It may not be D.gangeticum for I had doubt about the size given; is the leaf 1-foliate or 3 foliate

Looks like Desmodium velutinum.



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