Hylodesmum repandum

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Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill (syn: Aeschynomene remota Poir.; Anarthrosyne scalpe Klotzsch; Desmodium aparine Chiov.; Desmodium caffrum Eckl. & Zeyh.; Desmodium remotum (Poir.) Drake; Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC.; Desmodium scalpe DC.; Desmodium strangulatum Wight & Arn.; Hedysarum ignescens Miq.; Hedysarum repandum Vahl; Hedysarum scalpe DC.; Meibomia repanda (Vahl) Kuntze; Meibomia scalpe (DC.) Kuntze; Papilionopsis stylidioides Steenis; Podocarpium repandum (Vahl) Y.C.Yang & P.H.Huang);

Common name: Wavy-Leaf Desmodium

Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa as per Flora of China

Undershrubs; branches slender. Leaves few; leaflets to 20 x 6 cm, ovate, acuminate, rounded at base, glabrous above, adpressed pubescent below; nerves finely reticulated below; stipules ovate, acuminate. Flowers in panicled racemes, terminal or axillary; rachis tomentose, to 25 cm long; calyx 4-lobed, campanulate; standard to 10 mm across, reddish, orbicular, retuse at apex. Joints of pod 2 or 3, to 1.5 x 0.6 cm, falcate, densely covered with hooked hairs.

Flowering and fruiting: December-April

Grasslands, also in evergreen forests

Paleotropics

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)

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Tephrosia tinctoria FOR VALIDATION, check variation in leaf & stem :: Galibeedu, Madikeri :: 23 FEB 2017 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.

Madikeri Coorg, Karnataka

Date: 24 FEB 2017 ... Average elevation: ~ 1117 m (3667 ft) asl

Tephrosia tinctoria Pers. ... (family: Fabaceae)

Its a species of Desmodium

Thanks very much ... for validating; I could not reach to any Desmodium spp. listed at Herbarium JCB. Hopefully will get more comments here.

Thanks to ... for the Desmodium clue. It must be Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC. ... synonym of Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill.

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 ILDIS NPGS GBIF (with type specimen) Flora of China Flora of Zimbabwe Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Plant illustrations SANBI An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- details) Useful Tropical Plants

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