Desmodium dichotomum

Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC. (syn: Desmodium quinquangulatum (Roxb.) Wight; Hedysarum articulatum Roxb.; Hedysarum dichotomum Willd.; Hedysarum diffusum Willd.; Hedysarum quinquangulatum Roxb.; Meibomia diffusa (Willd.) Kuntze);
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des-MOH-dee-um — from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods
dy-KAW-toh-mum — divided or forked in pairs
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commonly known as: tick-trefoil desmodium • Marathi: चिकटा chikta
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Native to: India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan
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India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Bihar ; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli ; Goa ; Gujarat; Karnataka; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra ; Orissa; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; Uttar Pradesh & other countries as per ILDIS;
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Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
at Pune on September 29, 2007
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Desmodium dichotomum: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)
Sharing few photographs of Desmodium dichotomum (Family: Fabaceae).
Plant Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild
Date/Time: 29-09-2012 / 08:45AM
Location: Mankhurd (Mumbai).
Nice photographs but this does not look like Chikta [Desmodium dichotomum] to me. As the name ‘Chikta’ suggests, if the obverse side of a leaf is pressed against a garment, it sticks. Have serious doubts whether the leaves of your plant would do the same. Please check.
Am sending my photographs of Chikta for comparison.
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…, I strongly believe your plant is Desmodium laxiflorum.

 

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Kindly validate ID..
Desmodium dichotomum?? (Family: Fabaceae).
Plant Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild
Date/Time: 29-09-2012 / 08:45AM
Location: Mankhurd (Mumbai).

Desmodium dichotomum

 

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help for id – indiantreepix | Google Groups :  5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)
Requesting help for id this plant.  Photographed from Kollam district Kerala.

The plant in question seems to be Indigofera. I am not sure of the species.

This could be Chikta (Desmodium dichotomum). See this http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chikta.html
or probably a different species of Desmodium. They are a bit confusing.

Links for more details of Desmodium dichotomum: Links for more details of Desmodium dichotomum: http://www.tropicalforages.Desmodium_dichotomum.htm,
http://www.aluka.org/FTEA003106&pgs=,
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=13690,
http://flickr.com/photos/91314344@N00/2713500506/ (picture only)

Ya its an chikta Desmodium dichotomum
Date: 23/10/2011
Place: Assam
Habit: Herb

Can you upload fotos of the leaves? This looks close to Desmodium laxiflorum.

I am sorry. I have tried my photo stock to upload the leave images. From my field note.. it was 3 foliate, and size is smaller than D laxiflorum, middle leave is elliptic. I have attached here pics of D laxiflorum from my library. The floral arrangement and size of the flower is different. Moreover. it is hirsute here.

Some Desmodium sp.

I think closer to images at Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
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a picture for Identification : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)

PA052039.JPG image is of Desmodium
But i cant get the species……..
so Please help me out

Any details or any other picture showing details?

Can it be Desmodium triquetrum (Kak-ganja)?
See the links: http://www.hoefsmid26.pap_desmodium_triquetrum.jpg (a drawing),
http://images.google.co.in/gallery.bizhat.com/93 (a picture),

For Desmodium id, flowers are of no use. Please send leaves and fruit pictures if poss

Though insufficient details, it appears closer to images at Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.

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On 11/10/09 in Ananthagiri HIll forest in Rangareddy district of Andhra Pradesh.; For Id Climber- 021109Jm1 – indiantreepix | Google Groups
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Desmodium for id: 2 high res. images.
Request for I’d of Desmodium from Bilaspur. Photographed in October 2022.

Bouffordia dichotoma (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi  Syn : Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.

I also agree as per images at Desmodium dichotomum

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Fabaceae: Desmodium laxiflorum DC.: 2 high res. images.
location/date (both): Kolkas, Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Amravati Distr., Maharashtra, November 1994

It is Desmodium dichotomum as per
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/25/desmodium-dichotomum/
https://powo.science.kew.org/names:77190805-1 (POWO specimen)
Looks different from images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/25/desmodium-laxiflorum/
https://powo.science.kew.org/names:77190787-1

Now: Bouffordia dichotoma (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

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