| |
Desmodium triangulare
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
|
| |
Citation: Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 170. 1942; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 149. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 127. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 78. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 162. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 149. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 102. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 141. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 95. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 102. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 93. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 176. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 287. 2009.
Hedysarum triangulare Retz., Obs. Bot. 3: 40. 1783.
Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 224. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 161. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 344(242). 1918.
Desmodium triangulare (Retz.) Merr. var. congestum (Prain) Sant., Kew Bull. 1948: 276. 1948; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 140. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 159. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 196. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 208. 2002.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Shrubs; branchlets triangular, adpressed hairy. Leaflets subequal, to 9 x 4 cm, elliptic, acuminate, hairy when young; nerves 8-10 pairs, regular; petiole 3 mm long; stipules 1 cm long, ovate, acuminate. Flowers many-together, in axillary clusters. Upper calyx lobes united and longer than the others. Petals white; standard to 8 mm across, orbicular, glabrous; wings 6 mm long, obovate; keels glabrous. Pods to 2.5 cm long, curved, crenate; joints 4-6, adpressed tomentose.
|
| |
Habit:
Shrub
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
|
| |
District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Wayanad
|
| |
Medicinal:
Yes
|
| |
Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in plantations
|
| |
Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
White
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
300-800
|
| |
Localities:
Vellanimala, Kattalappara, Pachakkanam, Peechi, Pullankandom, Vengoli, Chellikuzhy, Pathenthode, on way to Panoth, Payyavur, Parappa, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Sappal hill-Dhoni R. F., Canoli, Changarakode, Konnakadu, Vandalodu, Kulathupuzha, Kottur, Ko
|