Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) C.L.Hitchc., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 76 (1893) (syn: Desmodium procumbens var. typicum B.G.Schub. ; Desmodium spirale DC. ; Hedysarum procumbens Mill. ; Hedysarum spirale Sw. ; Meibomia procumbens (Mill.) Britton ; Meibomia spiralis Kuntze ; Cyclomorium caracasanum Walp. ; Desmodium annuum A.Gray ; Desmodium aparines Hassk. ; Desmodium chamissonis Vogel ; Desmodium procumbens var. longipes (Schindl.) B.G.Schub. ; Desmodium procumbens f. quinquefolium Standl. ; Desmodium spirale var. annuum (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. & Greenm. ; Desmodium sprengelii D.Dietr. ; Desmodium sylvaticum Benth. ; Desmodium tenellum (Kunth) DC. ; Desmodium tenuiculum DC. ; Desmodium terminale Guill. & Perr. ; Desmodium tortuosum Webb ; Hedysarum tenellum Kunth ; Hippocrepis rhomboidea Blanco ; Meibomia annua (A.Gray) Kuntze ; Meibomia chamissonis (Vogel) Kuntze ; Meibomia hoehneana Schindl. ; Meibomia procumbens var. sylvatica (Benth.) Schindl. ; Meibomia tenella (Kunth) Kuntze ; Meibomia tenella var. longipes Schindl. ; Meibomia tenuicula (DC.) Kuntze );
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Tropical & Subtropical America: Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; Introduced into: Cape Verde, Central American Pacific Is., Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Malawi, Maluku, Mexican Pacific Is., Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Tonga, West Himalaya, Zambia as per POWO;
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Identify Desmodium sp.?: 2 high res. images.
Habitat: Rocky slope 

Habitat: Herb
Location: Bundi forest area Raj.
Date: 22092024
When I searched Desmodium sp. in POWO, I thought it was Desmodium ochroleucum but its distribution in India is not shown in POWO map.
Yes, it appears so.
But I could not find any match as per comparative images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/25/desmodium/


Or may some similar genus.


https://powo.science.kew.org/names:1014622-1 ??
Thank you.


No, it looks different:
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/05/17/hylodesmum-podocarpum-subsp-oxyphyllum/
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/02/28/hylodesmum-podocarpum/


I think close to images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/25/desmodium-dichotomum/


this is different. I think … is right (Genus Hylodesmum) but I am not sure about the species, because its pods are 2-6 lobed and  twisted.

I have attached 1 more image of its pod.



1 high res. image


It may be Desmodium procumbens which is an introduced species in India.


I guess … is right.


 

 

 

 


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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life  WFO  GBIF (High resolution specimens)  India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora (FBI) PlantNet

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