Desmodium pryonii – eFlora of India

November 26, 2014
Desmodium

Desmodium pryonii DC. (Syn: Desmodium prisoni sensu Schindl. [Spelling variant]; Desmodium wightii Wight & Arn.; Hedysarum pryonii (DC.) Spreng.; Meibomia wightii (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze);

Distribution: Andhra Pradesh⁴, Karnataka¹, Kerala¹, Tamil Nadu⁵ (ILDIS);

Erect shrubs; stems angled, villous. Leaflets to 7 x 3.5 cm, rhomboid, acuminate at apex, densely hairy below; stipule 1 cm long, broad at base, subulate above. Racemes to 23 cm long, slender; pedicel 2-4-together, 8 mm long. Flowers pink, 3 mm across; calyx 2 mm long, lobes acute, hairy; standard orbicular, not clawed. Pods 6-jointed, deeply crenate on ventral sutures, shallowly along dorsal sutures; joints 3 x 2.5 mm, glabrous.

Flowering and fruiting: January-April

Deciduous forests

India and Sri Lanka

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

from India Biodiversity Portal)

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Desmodium pryonii DC SN Nov 16 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Desmodium pryonii DC (= Desmodium wightii Wight & Arn.),

erect under shrub near the canals of paddy field, from Virajpet area of Coorg, Karnataka

References:

The Plant List Ver.1.1 ILDIS India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004- Details with keys)

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