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Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC., Prodr. 2:332. 1825 (Syn: Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle; Desmodium purpureum Hook. & Arn.; Desmodium stipulaceum DC.; Desmodium tortuosum Webb; Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC.; Hedysarum purpureum Mill.; Hedysarum purpureum Roxb.; Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.; Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Small; Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze; (=) Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail; (=) Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze);
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Efloraofindia: ”For Id 25032013SC1’’ shrub from Indian Botanic Garden : 2 images. 7 posts by 3 authors. Please help to identify this shrub. This could be Pseudarthria viscida [Salarpani / Sanapani]. My photographs of this are available at this link This is not Pseudarthria viscida I am sure. It will be some species of Desmodium. …, I fully agree with your photographs are Pseudarthria viscida as per the link provided.
It is Desmodium tortuosum Agree with … This is Desmodium tortuosum. I stand corrected. .
Fabaceae Undershrub from Pune for ID : Attachments (5). 4 posts by 3 authors.
Please help in ID of the subject undershrub found in deciduous forests near Pune. Presently the plant is in flowers and fruits.
Perennial herb 50-100 cm tall; stem stout, angular, covered with stiff hairs; with blotches of purple, internodes shortening above. Leaves alternate, 10-20 cm, 3 foliolate; common petiole 5-15 cm long; stipules 1 cm, deltoid, acuminate, hispid; leaflets 10-15 cm, ovate, rounded at apex, scabrid; 4-6 nerved; petiolules of lateral leaflets 5 mm; those of terminal leflets 3 cm; stipels 5-7 mm, linear. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicled racemes 10-15 cm long; pedicels 1-2 cm, corolla 8 mm. Pods 2 cm Seems a species of Desmodium (Fabaceae). Please check with D. tortuosum pics 1 & 3 matches with D. tortuosum but flowers are different. Thanks, …, for the Id. I think matches with images of D.tortuosum in another thread at Efloraofindia: ”For Id 25032013SC1’’ shrub from Indian Botanic Garden .              772 ID wild plant: 13 high res. images. Please ID wild plant,
Location: Kollam Kerala INDIA Altitude: 30fsl
Flower date: 04OCT2025, 01.05pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy roadside
Plant habit: medium erect branched shrub, weak cylindrical ridges hairy stem 01cm base diameter, stipule, perennial
Height: 04 feet
Leaves: alternate trifoliate, leaflet elliptical acute flexible, size upto: 09×03.5cm
Flower: axillary spike inflorescence in terminals, pink, non fragrant, size:04.5×3.5mm
Fruit: pod jointly upto 05 nos., green into brown lengthy hairy size:03×0.3cm
Seed: brown circular compressed glabrous diameter:02.5mm Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC. Yes, it is Desmodium tortuosum, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant. |
Desmodium tortuosum
Updated on June 13, 2026