Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.  (Syn.: Desmodium buergeri Miq. .; Desmodium heterocarpon var. buergeri (Miq.) Hosok. .; Desmodium heterocarpum (L.) DC. [Spelling variant] .; Desmodium ovalifolium (Prain) Wallich ex Ridley; Desmodium polycarpum sensu R.O.Williams (Misapplied); Desmodium polycarpum (Poir.) DC.; Hedysarum heterocarpon L.; Hedysarum polycarpum Poir.; Hedysarum siliquosum Burm.f.; Meibomia heterocarpa (L.) Kuntze;                              Desmodium polycarpum var. trichocaulon (DC.) Baker; Desmodium toppinii Schindl.; Meibomia buergeri (Miq.) Kuntze);
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des-MOH-dee-um — from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods … Dave’s Botanary
het-er-oh-KAR-pon — from the Greek heteros (different) and karpos (fruit) … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: Asian tick trefoil, carpon desmodiumKannada: ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovileMalayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvaraMarathi: जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashamiSanskrit: शालपर्णी salaparniTelugu: చెప్పుతట్ట chepputattaTulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire
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Native to: e tropical Africa, s China, e & s-e Asia, Indian subcontinent, n Australia, Pacific; naturalized elsewhere
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India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam ; Bihar; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli ; Delhi ; Goa; Gujarat ; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Manipur ; Meghalaya; Mizoram ; Nagaland; Orissa ; Pondicherry ; Punjab; Rajasthan ; Sikkim ; Tamil Nadu; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh ; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS;
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Erect to prostrate shrubs or subshrub, branched from base; leaves trifoliate on 1-2 cm long pertiole; leaflets elliptic to broadly obovate, up to 6 cm long, white pubescent beneath, glabrous above; flowers purple to purple-red on up to 8 cm long racemes; pedicel 3-4 mm long; keel curved; pod up to 2 cm long, 4-7 jointed, sutures hairy.
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des-MOH-dee-um — from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods
het-er-oh-KAR-pon — from the Greek heteros (different) and karpos (fruit)
Sep 30, 2007 … at Nagla block of Sanjay Gandhi National Park
commonly known as: carpon desmodium • Marathi: जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashmi
Native to: e tropical Africa, s China, e & s-e Asia, Indian subcontinent, n Australia, Pacific; naturalized elsewhere
some views: Sep 30, 2007 … at Nagla block of Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Our from Chakrata have much less dense inflorescence.


Desmodium heterocarpon
If I am not wrong … had also posted it recently from Mulshi.
Such a beautiful terminal raceme.
A Desmodium from a group with trifoliate leaves.=>shrub and not herb. Pods deeply constricted between seeds; joints dehiscent. (Pods scarcely constricted and joints indehiscent in Desmodium pulchellum).



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Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
Loc: Upper Siang distt., Arunachal Pradesh
Date: Sept., 2007

The raceme cluster with many flowers tightly packed together looks awesome.



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Nice photographs !!! These are some of mine.


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NOID Pink Purple 3: GMP 003 – 0311/2011:
Pics by … being reposted for id.


Looks like a species of Desmodium of Leguminosae family.


Looks like Desmodium heterocarpon to me.


I think … is right.



Images by Neil Soares (Placed here by J.M.Garg)

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Please identify this herb 3 – NS 8 : 13 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (3)
Photographed at my farm at Shahapur on Sunday (around 30/11/2010) . Please identify this species of Desmodium. It stood about a foot high. It is not D.congestum. Also don’t think it is D.heterocarpon either.


can we have sizes of leaflets, raceme and corollas? Also if
stipels present.


Will do, but after 2 weeks.


Thanks … Kept a watch on it and it turned out to be Desmodium congestum [Tapoti].
While most self-respecting Desmodium congestums generally flower & fruit between September and October, this one probably a straggler flowered only in November and fruited in December….hence the confusion.
Sending a few photographs.

Look like Desmodium congestum


I find two species with the same name as per link (http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Desmodium+congestum+):

Which one is the posted species ?


It does not look like Leptodesmia congesta Baker (= Desmodium congestum (Wight) Benth., Nicolsonia congesta Wight), which is illustrated at plantillustrations
It is also not Desmodium congestum Wight & Arn. (= Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.), as per the diagram at plantillustrations
So I guess the ID is still unresolved?! The inflorescence doesn’t look like ‘congested’. To me it somewhat resembles D. heterocarpon but not sure.

I agree with … It matches with images at Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.


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ID: Desmodium(?):
Is it Desmodium sp. ? Please ID for it.
Location: Mirza (Kamrup, Assam)
Date of collection : 09/09/2010
Habit : Prostrate herb

This looks like Desmodium heterocarpon. My photographs of this for comparison are available in the archives of this group.



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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Desmodium heterocarpon from Chakrata-GSOCT22/27 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)

Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) , Prodr. 2: 337. 1825.
Erect to prostrate shrubs or subshrub, branched from base; leaves trifoliate on 1-2 cm long pertiole; leaflets elliptic to broadly obovate, up to 6 cm long, white pubescent beneath, glabrous above; flowers purple to purple-red on up to 8 cm long racemes; pedicel 3-4 mm long; keel curved; pod up to 2 cm long, 4-7 jointed, sutures hairy.
Growing on hill sloe along road in chakrata area; leaves trifoliate, pods in dense raceme, long hairy, photographed in September

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Fabaceae-Faboideae (papilionaceae) Week: Desmodium sp-2 from Chakrata:
Desmodium sp.,
growing on hill sloe along road in chakrata area;
leaves trifoliate, pods in dense raceme , long hairy, photographed in September


It looks close to Desmodium heterocarpon. Let’s await for more comments.


Agreed with … ID. I was about to respond this. I will upload my collections soon.


Yes … I think you are right. I was slightly confused about sessile pod. After seeing the illustration on eFlora of China I realized that it refers to almost absence of stipe above calyx and not direct absence of pedicel.


yes even i guess Desmodium heterocarpon


I too think that … is correct with the id.



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Id please : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2).
please enable the ID
LOCATION : KANNUR, KERALA

May be Desmodium triflorum.


efi page on Desmodium triflorum


It looks some other plant than Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.


this is Desmodium heterocarpon


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ANFEB17 Desmodium sp. for identification : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (11)

Family: Fabaceae
Date: January 2015
Place: Aralam WLS, Kerala

Habit: Climber


Desmodium species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) 


It looks like Uraria sp. (Not Desmodium)


Uraria species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available)


It somewhat resembles Desmodium heterocarpon.


I think it matches D. heterocarpon.
I checked with http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=2051&cat=1



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Date/Time-:10/09/15   –    08:30
Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild
Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb – Shrub


Does not look like Desmodium triquetrum (now Tadehagi triquetrum) as leaves are trifoliate and petiole is not winged.
I am not able to decide whether it is Desmodium or Uraria. Fruits may help.

This is Desmodium heterocarpon



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Date/Time-:10/09/15   –    08:30
Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild
Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb – Shrub
Length- 3ft


Desmodium sp. Fabaceae


Is this Desmodium triquetrum L(DC) Pl confirm


Leaves are simple and petiole is winged in D. triquetrum.
A photo of fruits would help in identification.


It could be Desmodium heterocarpon


Agree, D. heterocarpon is a better match

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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. from Assam KD 13 OCT15 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Attached images are Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. from Assam



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at Nagla forest on September 30, 2007
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on September 27, 2008 
at Nagla forest on December 1, 2012 


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Your valued suggestions are required to conclude specific id of this taxon, recorded from Morni Hills, Haryana..
Can this be D. heterocarpon ?

…, I too think this must be Desmodium heterocarpon.



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Desmodium heterocarpon : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Sharing some pictures I guess is Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. shot at Teenpiple, Jitpurphedi, Nepal on 27 August 2016 at 4500 ft.
Please veryfy ID.

yes, it is


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Desmodium : 3 posts by 2 authors.
whether any one collected the var, form. Or sub species of Desmodium heterocarpon from india

Thanks, … Pl. check different threads under Desmodium heterocarpon

Also check under: Desmodium heterocarpon ?


Adding fruit ! Attachments (2)


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SK144OCT16-2016:ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)
Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Pashupati Forest Kathmandu Nepal today (17.10.16) at 4400 ft.

Desmodium species, may be D. heterocarpon


Desmodium multiflorum DC. ??
Confusion about leaf size !
Desmodium multiflorum



Legume shape size is completely different from D. microphyllum !
Rather, I guess matches with D. multiflorum.


Small size of leaflets is creating doubts about D. multiflorum:
Shrubs, erect, 1-2 m tall, yellow to white pubescent, be­coming glabrescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 1.5-4 cm, densely tomentose; terminal leaflet blade elliptic or obovate, 5-10 × 3-6 cm, base cuneate or nearly rounded, apex obtuse or acute, mucronate.
As per Flora of Pakistan:
Erect shrub, branches grey silky. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 2.5-6.5 cm long, leaflets 7.5-10 cm long, c. 5 cm broad, ovate or obovate, rounded at both ends, mucronate, glabrescent above, densely appressed hairy below; stipules c. 7.5 mm long.
This is something else.

It is Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. only as already identified by … and as rightly placed in efi site.



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Wild Flower fo ID – 091110 – RK : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)

Date/Time – 08-12-09/9.30pm
Location – Thattekad, Kerala
Habitat – Growing over compound wall – looks like wild growth
Plant habit – Climber
request ID.


How about Desmodium heterocarpon (L.)..?


… me to have the same feeling … Desmodium heterocarpon.



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Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Location: Sukute, Sindhupalchok, Nepal 
Date : 4 September, 2017
Elevation : 2200 ft.
Nepali Name : दाम्पाते Daampaateसाखिनो झार Saakhino Jhaar / बाख्रे घाँस Baakhre Ghaans


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via Species‎ > ‎D‎ > Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … family: Fabaceae ~ Papilionaceae
Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
des-MOH-dee-um — from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed podsDave’s Botanary
het-er-oh-KAR-pon — from the Greek heteros (different) and karpos (fruit)Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: Asian tick trefoil, carpon desmodiumKannada: ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovileMalayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvaraMarathi: जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashamiSanskrit: शालपर्णी salaparniTelugu: చెప్పుతట్ట chepputattaTulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire
botanical names: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … synonyms: Desmodium heterocarpum (L.) DC. [Spelling variant] • Hedysarum heterocarpon L. … status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
September 30, 2007 … Nagla forest (part of SGNP)

as this desmodium heterocarpon has been declared here as Sanskritशालपर्णी salaparni. I would like to make it more clear that in Ayurveda the Desmodium gangeticum is used in the name of shaliparni not the heterocarpon species.


Thanks …
I am in full agreement with your thoughts. Desmodium gangeticum is the only शालपर्णी salaparni. If we click on this blue underlined name, it will lead us to a page where I have put the bibliography. I have copy-pasted the contents of the page below. At the bottom, I have put my observation / finding. Henceforth, I will put maroon colour to the names which are ambiguous, but I do need to list the erroneous entries from the sites that have quoted them. Only then the sites may get to know of taking any corrective action. They themselves have depended on OR referred some other source.

¿ GRON-ah ? — derivation obscure; perhaps, from Greek grono (cave) … Dave’s Botanary
het-er-oh-KAR-pos — from the Greek heteros (different) and karpos (fruit) … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: Asian tick trefoil, carpon desmodium • Assamese: সৰু গছ বিয়নী সাৱটা horu gos bioni savata • Bengali: বনমেথি banamethi, মোহিনী mohini • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvara • Marathi: जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashami • Mizo: ber-bek • Nepali: बाख्रे घाँस baakhre ghaans, दाम्पाते daampaate, साखिनो झार saakhino jhaar • Telugu: చెప్పుతట్ట chepputatta • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire

botanical namesGrona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi … synonymsDesmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. • Hedysarum heterocarpon L. • Meibomia heterocarpon (L.) Kuntze • Pleurolobus heterocarpon (L.) J.St.-Hil. … accepted infraspecificsGrona heterocarpos var. gymnocarpa (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi • Grona heterocarpos subsp. heterocarpos • Grona heterocarpos subsp. ovalifolia (Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi • Grona heterocarpos var. strigosa (Meeuwen) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi … POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Asian tick trefoil
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … Dave’s Garden
  • also found written as Asian ticktrefoil … for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … USDA – NRCS
carpon desmodium
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
সৰু গছ বিয়নী সাৱটা horu gos bioni savata
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
বনমেথি banamethi
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … many thanks to Jayantanath Sarkar for this name in his post … facebook
মোহিনী mohini
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … many thanks to Hasan Mehedi for help with this name in Debdulal Banerjee’s post … facebook
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvara
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … Shodhganga – Medicinal plants of Tulunadu … നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvara = ground pigeon pea – due to its 3-foliolate leaves, wild nature, resemblance of leaves with that of pigeon pea
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashami
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to identify flowers of northern Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
ber-bek
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
बाख्रे घाँस baakhre ghaans, दाम्पाते daampaate, साखिनो झार saakhino jhaar
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name … efloraofindia
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
शालपर्णी salaparni … improper name
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … Shodhganga – Medicinal plants of Tulunadu … शालपर्णी salaparni = sal-leaved, leaves resembling to those of sal tree, Shorea robusta Gaertn. OR syn. Vatica robusta Steud.
  • this name seems to be shared by several plants – most of them are trifoliate, thus they do not qualify for the name; most probably have got this name for their similar therapeutic abilities
  • most authentic शालपर्णी salaparni is Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
no given name
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
చెప్పుతట్ట chepputatta
  • for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … Flora Andhrika – Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
for synonym Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. … Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Bihar; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli; Delhi; Goa; Gujarat; Haryana; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir; Karnataka; Kerala; Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram; Nagaland; Odisha; Pondicherry; Punjab; Rajasthan; Sikkim; Tamil Nadu; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal … ILDIS World Database of Legumes
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Flora of Kaiga_for ID 26072018 PK1 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1)
Pl see Attached pic for ID. from Kaiga, Uttarakannada Western Ghats.
Date/Time-:17/09/2017   –    13:30,
Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka, 380 mtrs
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ – Wild
Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-  Shrub

Lupinus sp. do you have pictures of the leaves. lupins i am used to seeing have narrow leaves. your plant seems to be with oval  or similar at least wider leaves


Please check for Desmodium heterocarpon


… is nearer the point: being Desmodium

Looks like Desmodium heterocarpon.
Leaf trifoliate or different ?




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ID please 08062012 SR-2:
Date-08.10.2011 Place- Chilapata reserve forest, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
Habitat-Wild Herb

This is a species of Desmodium possibly D. heterocarpon. Please check the archives of this group for my photographs of this.


I searched the efI site and found the post of the same plant by … – efi thread 1.
Another post of the same species by …
Yet another by …- efi thread 2
One pic from China – http://www.cvh.org.cn/final/80/128763309173750000a.jpg

… me too think this plant to be Desmodium heterocarpon.


To me also D. heterocarpon. But there is 3 verities are reported in this species. So the proper identification of taxa is difficult here using this picture.
  1. Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. var. gymnocarpum Schindl.
  2. Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. var. heterocarpon Syn: Hedysarum heterocarpon L.; Hedysarum polycarpum Poir. ; Desmodium polycarpum (Poir.) DC.; Desmodium patens Wight
  3. Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. var. strigosum van Meeuwen


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Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_11092015 PK2 : 6 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1)

Date/Time-:10/09/15   –    08:30
Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild
Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb – Shrub
Length- 3ft

Desmodium sp. Fabaceae


Is this Desmodium triquetrum L(DC). Pl confirm


Leaves are simple and petiole is winged in D. triquetrum.
A photo of fruits would help in identification.

It could be Desmodium heterocarpon.


Agree, D. heterocarpon is a better match.



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SK1577 17 Nov 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)- around 600 kb each.
Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong 
Date: 2 November 2018
Elevation: 1300 ft.
Habit : Wild
Which Desmodium ??

Yes. Quite possible.

Desmodium heterocarpon

 


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Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)-2 & 3 mb.
Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu
Date: 30 September  2019
Elevation: 1577 m.
Habit : Wild 
Syn: Desmodium multiflorum DC.

Attachments (2)-1 & 5 mb.


Attachments (1)-6 mb.

Same date and same location !
Attachments (1)-6 mb. 


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Desmodium multiflorum DC. : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) -2 & 4 mb.
Location:  Harthok, Palpa
Date: 25 September 2019
Elevation:1400 m.
Habit : Wild

Attachments (3)-1, 2 & 2 mb.


Attachments (2) -2 & 4 mb.


Attachments (1)- 6 mb.

Nepali Names : बाख्रे घाँस Baakhre Ghaans / भटमासे फूल Bhatamaase Phool /  कैरोची kairochee /  भट्टे Bhatte /  लहरे साजन Lahare Saajan / तिल  Til

yes and very nice. I have always wondered when see these fabaceae plants, do local animals eat them? or local people do something with their seeds?

Root powder taken to relieve hyper acidity and its juice cures peptic ulcer. No other usage as such.


that’s a lot. very useful to the ethnic people in the hills then


Yes indeed.



Going by the habit, it may rather appears to be more closer to Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.



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Desmodium heterocarpon FOR VALIDATION :: Pookode lake, Wayanad :: 13 NOV 19 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 4 images.
Pookode Lake  Wayanad
Date: November 13, 2019 … Altitude: about 770 m (2,530 ft) asl
¿ Desmodium heterocarpon ?  
Dear friends,
I think this could be Desmodium heterocarpon; please validate. These plants were in a small colony on bank of the lake; and they were just about a foot high. The trifoliate leaves have a hint of variegation.

To me also appears close to Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. as per comparative images at Desmodium



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Plant id ASSAM @KB_0001 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 1 mb.
Need suggestion on this whether it is a Crotalaria sp.?
Habit: Small herb growing along with grass
Location: Assam
Flowers are solitary or in cymose panicle.
Year of collection: 2016

Desmodium multiflorum DC.


This is not Desmodium multiflorum
This should be Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. as per images and details herein.


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Id requested for this Fabaceae sp. from Mizoram.
Date/Time: 8th Nov./ 06:45AM
Location: Aizawl, Mizoram
Habitat: Wild
Plant Habit: Climber
Leaves: trifoliate

Desmodium species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) 


This is Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. as per images and details herein.


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Fabaceae from Mizoram-110610-PKA2 :  Attachments (2). 6 posts by 4 authors.
Id requested for this Fabaceae sp. from Mizoram.
Date/Time: 8th Nov./ 06:45AM
Location: Aizawl, Mizoram
Habitat: Wild
Plant Habit: Climber
Leaves: trifoliate

It is a Desmodium sp.
Please confirm it is a climber or shrub.
If it is shrub its a Desmodium racemosum.


This is Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. as per images and details herein.



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Plant id from Bangladesh _sm_3012 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)
Habitat :  Roadside
Location : Chottagong
Flowering : November
Photo taken : Nov, 2018

Desmodium sp., more pics required..

Desmodium heterocarpon ??


Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi




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MS Oct,2018/17 Desmodium tortuosum ? for id/confirmation : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Location : Ailawng, Mizoram
Date : 24-10-2018
Habit : Perennial herb or Subshrub
Habitat : Wild

Thanks, … Looks different. Pl. check comparative images at
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a–-l/f/fabaceae/desmodium


Pl. check Desmodium multiflorum DC.
I am not sure.


To me looks different from images at Desmodium multiflorum
I could not find a match as per comparative images at Desmodium

What are the species reported from your area ?

The following Desmodium spp. are reported in Mizoram :- Desmodium cephalotoides, D.concinnum, D.gangeticum, D.gyroides, D.heterocarpon, D.laxiflorum, D.microphyllum, D.motorium, D.multiflorum, D.oblongum, D.pulchellum, D.repandum, D.sequax, D.triangulare, D.triflorum, D.triwurtrum ssp.pseudotriquetrum & ssp.triquetrum and D.velutinum.


Any keys, …?


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Renamed: Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi


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Requesting a shrub id.: 2 high res. images.

Shrub
It was found growing in pathways adjoining hillocks and boulders.
It has a pretty purple colored inflorescence, each flower shows papilionaceous corolla. 
IISER TVM campus adjoining Agasthyamalai biosphere reserve.

Uraria sp.


Yes … ! Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindler would be correct ?’


I think it is more closer to images at Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. rather than Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl.


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203 ID wild plant Codariocalyx gyroides: 17 images.

Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
Altitude: 1400fsl
Flower date: 18.11.2021, 04.25pm
Habitat: wild, moisture, waste land
Plant habit: under shrub, erect, branches, semi hard stem 05mm base diameter, hairy main young stem, annual
Height: 04 feet
Leaves: alternate, tripartite, ovate, size:03×2cm
Flower: racemose, pyramidal, clustered, diameter:03.5mm, blue, non fragrant
Fruit: beans jointly, compressed, hairy, green into brown, size:02×0.3cm
Seed:
Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s

Check Desmodium heterocarpon


Yes, it is dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,


Desmodium heterocarpon


Sharing more images and information
Seed: yellow, 07 nos., pea shaped, size:02x01mm


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213 ID wild plant Desmodium: 19 images.
Please ID wild plant, very close to Desmodium heterocarpon, but creeping,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671
Altitude: 1400fsl
Flower date: 26.11.2021, 08.45am
Habitat: wild moisture, waste land shady
Plant habit: creeping, branches, slender weak stem 02.5mm base diameter, annual
Height: 01.5 feet
Leaves: alternate, tripartite, leaflets ovate, size:07×4.5cm or less
Flower: inflorescence racemose, clustered, diameter:07mm, pink, non fragrant
Fruit: beans jointly, compressed, green into brown, hairy, size:17×2.5mm
Seed:
Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s


Yes, Desmodium heterocarpon


Please confirm that erect and creeping Desmodiums are under one ID,


Pl. check images at the given link.


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ID 05/02/22: 2 high res. images.
Please identify this herb from Kannur district of Kerala. 3/2/22


Please check Fabaceae at efi.


Desmodium heterophyllum


I think it is more likely to be Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. rather than Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC.


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ID KZD 02011122: 1 image.
Please identify this under shrub from Kozhikode district of Kerala 01/11/22


Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi


Yes, it appears close to images at Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.


Name changed !


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Fabaceae member from Assam KD 01 Oct 24: 3 images.
Attached images are Fabaceae member from Assam. Please ID of the species.
Date : 25.09.24
Location: Assam
Family : Fabaceae
Genus & species : Desmodium (?)
Habit :  Sub-shrub


Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi



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