Phyllodium – eFlora of India

March 20, 2011
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Phyllodium longipes (Craib) Schindl. (Cultivated in India)

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Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. (Wild in India)

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Images by Sandhya S

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From
Floral Database of Tamilnadu :

Binomial

Habit

Notes

References

Distribution

Phyllodium
pulchellum ( L.) Desv.

Subshrub

Western Ghats
& Eastern Ghats, Dry Deciduous to Moist Deciduous Forests

Matthew, 1999

Dindigul, Salem

FRLHT Indian
Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution,
local names etc. :

Desmodium pulchellum BENTH.EX. BAKER. (syn. of Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.)

Species with description &
pictures in Flowers of India as on 1.2.14:

Botanical name

Synonyms

Family

Common name

Phyllodium pulchellum

Hedysarum pulchellum, Desmodium pulchellum, Meibomia pulchella

Fabaceae

Showy Desmodium

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal :

Phyllodium
pulchellum (L.) Desv.

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China :

Phyllodium
pulchellum (Linnaeus) Desvaux

An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995)- Details-

Phyllodium pulchellum

Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993- Details with Keys–

Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth. synonym of Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.

Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004- Details with Keys–

Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth. synonym of Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.,

Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998- Details with Keys–

Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth. synonym of Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.

Desmodium, Codariocalyx, Dendrolobium, Dicerma, Hylodesmum, Phyllodium & Tadehagi : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) pages on Desmodium, Codariocalyx, Dendrolobium, Dicerma, Hylodesmum, Phyllodium & Tadehagi

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