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Desmodium laxiflorum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Desmodium laxiflorum DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 100. 1825 & Prodr. 2: 335. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 164. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 344(243). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 85. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 148. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 127. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 77. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 138. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 183. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 158. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 156. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 147. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 102. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 140. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 93. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 100. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 92. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 175. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 284. 2009.
Desmodium recurvatum (Roxb.) Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 226. 1834.
Hedysarum recurvatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 358. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Unda-orila
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Description:
Erect herbs, to 35 cm high; stems angled, adpressed-hairy. Terminal leaflet to 13 x 10 cm, ovate, acute at apex, rounded at base, densely hairy below, glabrate above; petiole 4 cm long; stipules 8 mm long, lanceolate; stipels filiform. Racemes to 35 cm long, axillary or terminal; rachis hairy. Flowers solitary or paired, pink. Calyx 2 mm long, hairy. Standard petal 6 x 3 mm, emarginate. Pods 6-9 jointed; joints 4 x 1.25 mm, oblong, longitudinally striate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
India to Thaiwan, Malesia
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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:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Kattalappara, Kulathupuzha, Thekkady, Karadikkavala, Puthussery, Muthuvarachal, Poochapara, Pathenthode, Thekkuthode, Begur, Kannoth, Tolpetty, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Kottur R.F., Konnakadu, Ariankavu
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