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Desmodium longipes
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Desmodium longipes Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 20. 1920.
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Description:
Woody shrubs to 2 m tall, branches flexuous, terete, striate, villous. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate to 20 cm long; terminal leaflets 12-15 x 3-5 cm, oblong lanceolate, lateral nerves about 13 pairs; lateral leaflets obliquely ovate, ca 3.5 x 2.2 cm; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, scabrid pilose above, chartaceous; petiole ca 5 mm long; stipules subulate, filiform, 1-1.5 cm long, striate, villous. Racemes terminal, to 30 cm long; bracts foliaceous, imbricate, 1.5 cm long, oblong, apex emarginate or rounded. Flowers in dense clusters, pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, 4 x 2.5 mm, pubescent, 2 lipped. Petals white, standard petal obovate, emarginate, 1 cm long. Ovary sessile, pubescent, outer 4; style glabrous. Pod laterally compressed 1.2-2 cm x 3.5, puberous, 2-4 jointed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Wayanad, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated as fodder plant
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia
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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
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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