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Desmodium gangeticum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC., Prodr. 2: 327.1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:168.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 345(244). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 147. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 137. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 128. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 157. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 153. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 146. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 100. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 139. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 92. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 193. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 99. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 91. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 205. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 174. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 218. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 284. 2009.
Hedysarum gangeticum L., Sp. Pl. 746. 1753.
Hedysarum collinum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 439. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Orila, Pulladi
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Description:
Erect undershrubs, up to 1.2 m tall; stem angled, hairy when young, glabrescent on ageing. Leaves 1-foliolate, 5-10 x 1-5 cm, ovate to elliptic, apex acute, base rounded, glabrescent above, densely appressed hairy below, often blotched with grey; petiole to 2.5 cm long; stipules to 8 mm long; linear-lanceolate. Flowers white, fascicled in terminal and axillary, 15-25 cm long racemes; pedicels 3-4 mm long; bracts subulate. Calyx campanulate; lobes 1.5-2 mm long, triangular, tomentose without. Petals 4 mm across. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 3-4 mm long, compressed, hairy without; stigma capitate. Pods 1.2-2.3 x 0.1-0.15 cm, moniliform, 4-7-jointed, reticulate, slightly pubescent with hooked hairs, constricted in ventral suture.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and forest plantations, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Karadikkavala, Koruthode, Padippara, Thekkuthode, Mannarappara, Tolpetty, Walayar, Chengannur, Karimpuzha, Thenmalai, Kulathupuzha, Ariankavu, Teppakulam, Bonaccord, Karamanayar region
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