{"id":1499481,"date":"2023-10-27T15:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T09:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1499481"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:38:29","slug":"desmodium-caudatum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/desmodium-caudatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmodium caudatum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohwia caudata<\/i> (Thunb.) H.Ohashi, Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 40: 243 (1999) (syn: Catenaria caudata<\/em>\u00a0(Thunb.) Schindl.<\/a> ; Catenaria laburnifolia<\/em>\u00a0(Poir.) Benth.<\/a>; Desmodium cateniferum<\/em>\u00a0Arn.<\/a>; Desmodium caudatum<\/em>\u00a0(Thunb.) DC.<\/a> ; Desmodium laburnifolium<\/em>\u00a0(Poir.) DC.<\/a>; Hedysarum caudatum<\/em>\u00a0Thunb.<\/a> ; Hedysarum laburnifolium<\/em>\u00a0Poir.<\/a> ;\u00a0Meibomia caudata<\/em>\u00a0(Thunb.) Kuntze<\/a>; Meibomia laburnifolia<\/em>\u00a0(Poir.) Kuntze<\/a>);
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\nHimalaya to S. Central & S. Japan and W. Malesia: Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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Much branched erect subshrubs or shrubs, usually 30-100cm high;<\/span><\/span> rootstock woody; stem branched, slender, terete, glabrescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; terminal leaflets 5-8 x 1.5-2.5 cm, lateral leaflets a little smaller than terminal ones, narrowly ovate, acute at the apex, sessile subcoriaceous, glabrescent or sparsely puberulous especially on the midrib; lateral nerves not reaching the margin; stipels scariose, striate, filiform, acuminate at the apex, pilose, 2-5 mm long; petiolules to 1.5 cm long; stipules persistent, scariose, striate, narrowly triangular, cuspidate at the apex, 5-10 mm long, ciliate, sparsely pilose on the back. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, racemose or paniculate, up to 30 cm long; rachides densely pubescent; pedicels 3-4 mm long, densely appressed-pilose; bracts persistent, subulate, about 3 mm long; bracteoles two, near the base of the calyx, about 1 mm long, appressed-pubescent on the back. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 3.5-4.5 mm long, appressed-pilose, upper two lobes united for \u00be or more of their length, the others narrowly triangular, about 2 mm long and up to 1 mm wide at the base. Petals pale greenish-or yellowish-white, distinctly veined; standard elliptic, 6-6.5 mm long and 3.5-4 mm wide, rounded or slightly retuse at the apex, minutely clawed, slightly auriculate; wings conspicuously smaller than the keel-petals, about 5 mm long and 1-1.2 mm wide. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 7 mm long, stipitate, densely appressed-pilose on the both sutures; style incurved nearly at a right angle in the middle. Pods linear, flat, sessile, 4-7 jointed, both sutures equally undulate; articles narrowly elliptic, equally tapering to both ends, 8-10 x 4-5 mm, densely covered with short uncinate brown hairs; seeds transversely narrowly elliptic, about 3 x 8.5-9.5 mm.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: September-January<\/span>
\nNear water course<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nFabaceae for identification DDB2<\/a>: 3 very high res. images.
\nPosting again as\u00a0clubbed with another post due to same subject<\/a>:
\nHelp me identify this Fabaceae<\/em> member
\nPhotographed in Behali Reserve Forest, Biswanath, Assam on 16 \u200eOctober \u200e2018.<\/span>
\nThe forest type is Semi Evergreen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Could not find a match or clue as per comparative images at
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\nFlowers appear like those of Crotalaria.<\/p>\n

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Not Crotalaria.<\/em><\/div>\n
It is Alysicarpus<\/em> sp. as per the features except the trifoliate condition, which may be in some species not known to me.<\/p>\n
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It looks like\u00a0Desmodium.
\n<\/i>It might be\u00a0Desmodium caudatum\u00a0<\/i>syn.\u00a0Ohwia caudata\u00a0<\/i>recorded from Assam.<\/p>\n

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Yes, appears close to images and details at\u00a0Researchgate<\/a>,\u00a0POWO<\/a>,\u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a>,\u00a0ILDIS<\/a><\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 Researchgate<\/a>, Wikimedia Commons<\/a>,\u00a0ILDIS<\/a>\u00a0 Bhutan Biodiveristy Portal<\/a> \u00a0Flora of Eastern Ghats<\/a> \u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> Wikipedia<\/a> PFAF<\/a> Flora fauna web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ohwia caudata (Thunb.) H.Ohashi, Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 40: 243 (1999) (syn: Catenaria caudata\u00a0(Thunb.) Schindl. ; Catenaria laburnifolia\u00a0(Poir.) Benth.; Desmodium cateniferum\u00a0Arn.; Desmodium caudatum\u00a0(Thunb.) DC. ; Desmodium laburnifolium\u00a0(Poir.) DC.; Hedysarum caudatum\u00a0Thunb. ; Hedysarum laburnifolium\u00a0Poir. ;\u00a0Meibomia caudata\u00a0(Thunb.) Kuntze; Meibomia laburnifolia\u00a0(Poir.) Kuntze); . Himalaya to S. Central & S….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4929],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1499481","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-desmodium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1499481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1499481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1499481"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1499481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}