Hylodesmum repandum

Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill (syn: Aeschynomene remota Poir.; Anarthrosyne scalpe Klotzsch; Desmodium aparine Chiov.; Desmodium caffrum Eckl. & Zeyh.; Desmodium remotum (Poir.) Drake; Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC.; Desmodium scalpe DC.; Desmodium strangulatum Wight & Arn.; Hedysarum ignescens Miq.; Hedysarum repandum Vahl; Hedysarum scalpe DC.; Meibomia repanda (Vahl) Kuntze; Meibomia scalpe (DC.) Kuntze; Papilionopsis stylidioides Steenis; Podocarpium repandum (Vahl) Y.C.Yang & P.H.Huang);

Common name: Wavy-Leaf Desmodium

Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa as per Flora of China

Undershrubs; branches slender. Leaves few; leaflets to 20 x 6 cm, ovate, acuminate, rounded at base, glabrous above, adpressed pubescent below; nerves finely reticulated below; stipules ovate, acuminate. Flowers in panicled racemes, terminal or axillary; rachis tomentose, to 25 cm long; calyx 4-lobed, campanulate; standard to 10 mm across, reddish, orbicular, retuse at apex. Joints of pod 2 or 3, to 1.5 x 0.6 cm, falcate, densely covered with hooked hairs.

Flowering and fruiting: December-April

Grasslands, also in evergreen forests

Paleotropics
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Tephrosia tinctoria FOR VALIDATION, check variation in leaf & stem :: Galibeedu, Madikeri :: 23 FEB 2017 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.
Madikeri Coorg, Karnataka
Date: 24 FEB 2017 … Average elevation: ~ 1117 m (3667 ft) asl
Tephrosia tinctoria Pers. … (family: Fabaceae)

Its a species of Desmodium

Thanks very much … for validating; I could not reach to any Desmodium spp. listed at Herbarium JCB. Hopefully will get more comments here.

Thanks to … for the Desmodium clue. It must be Desmodium repandum (Vahl) DC. … synonym of Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill.

667 ID wild plant: 8 high res. images.
Please ID wild plant,
Location: Vattavada Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 6600fsl
Flower date: 06DEC2024, 03.25pm
Habitat: wild moisture evergreen sloppy misty canopied shola highland
Plant habit: small obliquely unbranched herb, slender weak tomentose cylindrical stem 02mm diameter, annual
Height: 02 feet
Leaves: alternate tripartite, leaflets elliptic acute flexible hairy, size upto: 06×4cm
Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, orangish, non fragrant size:03.5×1.5cm
Fruit:
Seed: