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Desmodium pryonii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Desmodium pryonii DC., Prodr. 2:334.1825; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 129. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 160. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 101. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 94. 1999.
Desmodium wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 266. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 169. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 346(244). 1918.
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Description:
Erect shrubs; stems angled, villous. Leaflets to 7 x 3.5 cm, rhomboid, acuminate at apex, densely hairy below; stipule 1 cm long, broad at base, subulate above. Racemes to 23 cm long, slender; pedicel 2-4-together, 8 mm long. Flowers pink, 3 mm across; calyx 2 mm long, lobes acute, hairy; standard orbicular, not clawed. Pods 6-jointed, deeply crenate on ventral sutures, shallowly along dorsal sutures; joints 3 x 2.5 mm, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Pink
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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:
Vallavankadu, Mangaladevi, Aruvikad
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