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Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites (Syn: Desmodium polycarpum var. fischeri “Gamble, p.p.”; Desmodium rufescens sensu Wight & Arn. (misapplied)):
. SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; .
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
       Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Desmodium ferrugineum :: Munnar :: DVOCT64 : 1 post by 1 author. 8 images. Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites at Munnar on June 5, 2014
Date: June 3 – 6, 2014 … Elevation: around 1600m asl
¿ Alysicarpus ? Dear friends, please help with ID. 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. 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.
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Desmodium ferrugineum Thwaites … family: Fabaceae
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03: ID requested for a Fabaceae Member – Reg : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) – 1 MB. 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 /species/a—l/f/fabaceae/desmodium 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.
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Flower for Id.ID 30062013SH1 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Flower for Id pl.
Location – Munnar Date- 31.1.2011 Habitat –Wild Seems a species of Uraria or Desmodium.
Maybe Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl. as per images and details herein.
Grona ferruginea
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